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The Influence of Instruction Modality on Brain Activation in Teenagers with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: Two Case Histories
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Tuller, Betty; Jantzen, Kelly J.; Olvera, Dianne; Steinberg, Fred; Scott Kelso, J. A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
Teenagers with nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) have difficulty with fine-motor coordination, which may relate to the novelty of the task or the lack of "self-talk" to mediate action. In this study, we required two teenagers with NLD and two control group teenagers to touch the thumb of each hand firmly and accurately to the fingertips of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Control Groups, Brain, Nonverbal Learning
Visually Mediated Thinking: A Report of the Case of Albert Einstein
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Patten, Bernard M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1973
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Education, Language Handicaps
The Language Disordered Child: A New Look at Theory and Treatment.
Fraser, G. M.; Blockley, J. – 1973
Presented are three papers, written over a period of 2 and a half years (1971-72) which describe the evolution of a treatment for language disordered children based on work at the Braidwood Audiology Unit (London). In the first paper results of diagnostic psychological tests administered to approximately 500 language disordered and hearing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Philosophy, Exceptional Child Education, Exceptional Child Research