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Direct linkGuyer, Kenneth E.; Guyer, Barbara P.; Banks, Steven R. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
This retrospective study examined scores for 111 adult participants on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, the Wide Range Achievement Test-III and the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. All participants were referred to a university clinic for learning problems. The participants were diagnosed with a learning disability, an…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Reading Tests, Hyperactivity
Peer reviewedFuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Mathes, Patricia G.; Lipsey, Mark E.; Eaton, Susan – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2000
A meta-analysis of 79 studies of reading performance of low achievers with and without learning disabilities found students with the learning disabilities label performed considerably worse on reading measures. Use of timed tests greatly increased the difference in reading performance between underachievers and students with the learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Meta Analysis
Peer reviewedGlor-Scheib, Susan; Zigmond, Naomi – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1993
Sixth-grade students (n=22) with learning disabilities were administered a curriculum-based reading measurement over 18 weeks and attitudinal and self-perception measures as pretests and posttests. Students' self-perceptions of reading competence improved. Attitudes toward oral reading, while not improving, were positively related to fluency.…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Oral Reading, Reading Ability
