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Publicover, Robert G. – USU Special Educator, 1967
Because it is felt that a conceptual framework for teaching disadvantaged students should be derived from an educational rather than a sociological viewpoint, the model which is offered is based on the student's learning deficiencies. This model focuses the teacher's attention on the learning situation and suggests the kind of action which is…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Conceptual Schemes, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Diagnosis
Sapir, Selma G., Ed.; Nitzburg, Ann C., Ed. – 1973
This comprehensive volume presents selected articles representing the major viewpoints on learning problems in children. Specialized practitioners in the fields of special education, psychology, psychiatry, and social work are encouraged to reject a narrow, limited perspective, and to view the child with a learning problem as a single, constantly…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Educational Diagnosis
Stapleton, LeRoy Earl – 1973
The purpose of this study was to determine the comparative effects of the Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception (DTVP) and the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) treatment interventions on oral reading, psycholinguistic growth, total achievement, and achievement in the areas of reading, language, and arithmetic. The…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Diagnostic Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth, Doctoral Dissertations
Sapir, Selma G. – 1967
This document describes the development of an instrument to identify and diagnose developmental deficits at age 5 and the planning of a deficit centered training curriculum to prevent learning disabilities. An evaluation of the effectiveness of this curriculum, based on measures of the children's developmental growth and their academic achievement…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs, Developmental Tasks
Mohr, Peter – 1970
This report of the 1969 Second International Congress for Applied Linguistics contains summaries of papers and speeches on the following topics: (1) linguistics applied to literary texts, (2) computer analysis of texts, (3) research in the psychology of first language learning, (4) research in the psychology of second language learning, (5) speech…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Conference Reports, Content Analysis
Higbee, Jeanne L.; And Others – 1989
Information on types of learning disabilities (i.e. dyslexia and dyscalculia) is presented to help professionals in the field of higher education learn about how to identify learning disabled (LD) students, appropriate accommodations and modifications, special services, resources for referral, policy implications, and legal issues. Due to improved…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Failure, College Students, Developmental Disabilities