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Response-to-Intervention: Separating the Rhetoric of Self-Congratulation from the Reality of Specific Learning Disability Identification
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Kavale, Kenneth A.; Kauffman, James M.; Bachmeier, Randy J.; LeFever, Gretchen B. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2008
The policies underlying the specific learning disability (SLD) regulations in the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are analyzed. The analysis focuses on the Response-to-Intervention (RTI) provision ("if the child responds to scientific, research-based intervention") as a diagnostic model,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Remedial Reading, Early Reading, Learning Disabilities
Attribution Retraining for Learning Disabled Students: Some Thoughts on the Practical Implications of the Evidence.
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Pflaum, Susanna W.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1982
Given a consistent interaction of student locus of attribution and mode of teacher response, the study sought to determine whether attribution levels could be changed for 69 elementary grade learning disabled students and poor readers. The results indicate that difficulty is encountered in trying to change students' attributions, (Author/SEW)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Feedback, Helplessness