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Current Research Topics in Learning Disabilities.
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Bursuck, William D.; Epstein, Michael H. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1987
A survey of 66 experts in learning disabilities (LD) found treatment maintenance, generalization, and assessment and remediation of academic problems ranked highest as research priorities. Analysis of two leading LD journals found current topics to include academic assessment and remediation, while ignoring generalization and maintenance of…
Descriptors: Generalization, Learning Disabilities, Maintenance, Opinions
The Debate over Learning Disability vs. Reading Disability: A Survey of Practitioners' Populations and Remedial Methods.
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Johnson, Barbara; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
A questionnaire investigated and compared diagnostic and remedial populations and practices among 333 professionals. Results demonstrated that both learning disabilities and reading professionals remediated language-disordered populations and displayed similar use of instructional time. Both professions employed reading methods rather than process…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Questionnaires, Reading Difficulties, Remedial Instruction
Practice of Learning Disabilities as Social Policy.
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Shinn, Mark R.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1987
Learning disabled students (N=638), students receiving remedial Chapter 1 instruction (N=451), and regular students (N=2,337) were sorted by reading skill level. Reading achievement emerged as the best single predictor of group membership supporting school social policy of allocation of service delivery on the basis of classroom achievement.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Reading Achievement, Remedial Instruction
The Effect of Word- And Comprehension-Emphasis Instruction on Reading Performance.
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Fleisher, Lisa S.; Jenkins, Joseph R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
The effects of three instructional procedures on reading comprehension and word recognition were compared with 21 learning disabled elementary school students. No differences were found among treatment effects on comprehension and oral reading. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Analysis, Drills (Practice), Error Patterns
Beyond Illiterate, What Can You Say?
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McGill-Franzen, Anne – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
To demonstrate how one might go beyond mechanical errors to describe, measure, and evaluate student writing as communication, several evaluation procedures were applied to a brief writing protocol submitted by an adolescent learning disabled student. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Diagnostic Teaching, Evaluation Methods
Writing and Writing Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: Review of a Research Program.
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Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
This review of the University of Maryland's research program in written language indicates that the writing difficulties of students with learning disabilities stem, in part, from problems with basic text production skills, scant knowledge about writing, and difficulties with planning and revising text. The effectiveness of various instructional…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Two Key Concepts in the Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities and the Habilitation of Learning.
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Reynolds, Cecil R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1992
Two key concepts in diagnosing learning disabilities ("severe discrepancy" and "process dysfunction") are reviewed, and their relationship to the habilitation of learning is discussed. Guidelines are given for calculating a severe discrepancy, and the evaluation of processing skills is discussed. Strength models of remediation…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Age, Clinical Diagnosis
Narrative Knowing: Basis for a Partnership on Language Diversity.
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Reid, D. Kim – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1996
Seven elementary school personnel and eight university personnel participated in a school-university partnership based on narrative knowing. Using a teacher-as-researcher model to focus on the instruction of students labeled as language and learning disabled, the educators engaged in group-building activities and research collaboration. Case…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, Classroom Research, College School Cooperation