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Analogical Problem Solving in Children with Verbal and Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
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Schiff, Rachel; Bauminger, Nirit; Toledo, Idit – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
Analogical reasoning--perceiving similarities in different situations and the transfer of such information--facilitates learning and understanding. However, children with learning disabilities (LD) typically demonstrate deficits in such information processing strategies. In this study, we investigated the analogical problem-solving differences…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Verbal Learning, Nonverbal Learning, Problem Solving
Hemispheric Processing and Cognitive Styles in Learning-disabled and Normal Children
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Guyer, B. LaRue; Friedman, Morton P. – Child Development, 1975
A hemispheric specialization of function paradigm was used to test cognitive skill and cognitive style in learning disabled and "normal" boys between the ages of 7 and 12. Discussion emphasizes the need for more information on nonverbal processing skills to aid in developing verbal representational systems. (JMB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Learning Disabilities, Neurological Organization
Language Skills and Cognitive Processes Related to Poor Reading Comprehension Performance.
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Santos, Olga B. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
Eleven tests of reading comprehension, language skills, and cognitive processes were administered to 20 high school readers with learning disabilities and 20 controls. The variance on nonverbal tests was greater for the group with LD than for the controls; some individuals with learning disabilities performed as well as the controls. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, High Schools, Language Skills, Learning Disabilities
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
Words and Things
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Brown, George W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1972
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities
Diagnosis and Management of Nonverbal Learning Disorders.
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Franz, Carleen – 2000
Nonverbal learning disorders are less common than the typical language-based learning disabilities identified by school staff. Appropriate intervention is highly dependent on the accurate diagnosis of this disorder. Emphasis on performance and behavior management often obscures the etiology of a child's difficulties and leads to ineffective…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Early Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
In the Mind's Eye: Visual Thinkers, Gifted People with Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties, Computer Images and the Ironies of Creativity. Updated Edition.
West, Thomas G. – 1997
This book presents research on how some innovations in computer visualization are making work and education more favorable to visual thinking. The book exposes many popular myths about conventional intelligence through an examination of the role of visual-spatial strengths and verbal weaknesses in the lives of 11 gifted individuals, including…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computers, Creativity, Dyslexia
Syndrome of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: Psycholinguistic Assets and Deficits.
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Rourke, Byron P.; Tsatsanis, Katherine D. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
This discussion of speech and language development in individuals with nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) reviews NLD assets, deficits, and dynamics; the white matter model; manifestations of NLD in neurological dysfunction; psycholinguistic dimensions of NLD in terms of language content, form, and use; developmental considerations in NLD; and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Language Acquisition
Adult Learning Disorders: Contemporary Issues
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Wolf, Lorraine E., Ed.; Schreiber, Hope E., Ed.; Wasserstein, Jeanette, Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008
Recent advances in neuroimaging and genetics technologies have enhanced our understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders in adults. The authors in this volume not only discuss such advances as they apply to adults with learning disorders, but also address their translation into clinical practice. One cluster of chapters addresses developmental…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Nonverbal Learning