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Learning Disability: Truth or Trap?
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Ames, Louise Bates – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1983
The author asserts that the diagnosis learning disability is applied too often and too loosely. It is recommended that the possibility be considered that poor school adjustment may be due simply to immaturity and unreadiness rather than to some general learning disability. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Maturity (Individuals)
Materials for Teaching Sexuality, Love and Maturity to High School Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Haight, Sherrel Lee; Fachting, Daniel D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1986
A unit on human sexuality for learning disabled secondary students was developed through an investigation of philosophy, content, need, and materials design. The unit was taught to six students who improved their scores from a range of 58-84 percent to a range of 90-100 percent on the criterion referenced pre/posttest. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Maturity (Individuals), Program Development
Do Children with Learning Disabilities Outgrow Deficits in Selective Auditory Attention? Evidence from Dichotic Listening in Adults with Learning Disabilities.
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Bowen, Sara M.; Hynd, George W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The study examined the developmental lag hypothesis for learning disabilities by evaluating dichotic listening ability using both free recall and directed attention conditions in 24 learning disabled (LD) adults. Findings indicated LD adults showed similar deficits in lateralized selective auditory linguistic processing as children with LD. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention Control, Auditory Perception
Teacher Nonverbal Behavior Related to Perceived Pupil Social-Personal Attributes
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Lyon, Susan – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1977
Descriptors: Educational Research, Individual Development, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities
Role-Taking Deficits in Learning Disabled Children.
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Dickstein, Ellen B.; Warren, David R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
The study compared the cognitive, affective, and perceptual role taking skills of 38 learning disabled (LD) children (ages 5 to 8) with those of a control group of normal children. Ss were administered three role taking tasks which measured their skills in each of the domains. The results demonstrated a role taking deficit in the LD children.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Maturity (Individuals)
Persisting Problems of Adults with Learning Disabilities: Self-Reported Comparisons from Their School-Age and Adult Years.
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Gerber, Paul J.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
The study examined the persistence of problems resulting from learning disabilities during school-age years (retrospectively) and in adult years. A rating scale of characteristics of learning disabilities was given to 133 adults identified as learning disabled in school and highly or moderately successful in employment. Persistence of problem…
Descriptors: Adults, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Level, High Achievement
Learning Disability or Error of Growth?
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Ames, Louise Bates; Gillespie, Clyde – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1973
The paper presented the case of a 9-year-old boy whose physical appearance and behavior were those of a 6-year-old, and questioned whether he should be diagnosed as immature or defective. (Author/GW)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Child Development, Children
Information Processing Approaches to Studying Spelling Deficiencies.
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Gerber, Michael M.; Hall, Robert J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
The article explores information processing models of spelling performance and argues that an adequate theory of spelling processes must include: (1) qualitative changes in performance as a function of maturation that underlie development of automaticity; (2) transactional development of spelling-related knowledge structures and efficient…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Encoding (Psychology)