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How Replicable Is Current LD Research? A Follow-Up to the CLD Research Committee's Recommendations.
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Hammill, Donald D.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
Research articles published in 10 major journals during the years 1984-1987 were evaluated to determine how many satisfied the recommendations of the Council for Learning Disabilities' Research Committee on reporting subject data. Only 4 of the 277 articles included acceptable information in 7 recommended areas of subject data. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Groups, Learning Disabilities
A Critique of a Proposed Set of Neuropsychodiagnostic Rules.
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Amante, Dominic – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Discusses a set of neuropsychodiagnostic rules proposed by Selz and Reitan. That study was found to be seriously limited on theoretical grounds and in terms of research methodology. Sampling problems were indicated, and issues of neurological integrity and learning disabilities were poorly conceptualized. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Counseling Theories, Diagnostic Tests
A Decade of Research on Learning Disabilities: A Report Card on the State of the Literature.
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Durrant, Joan E. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
A review of 208 studies of children with learning disabilities (LD) published in 10 major journals between 1988 and 1990 examined the extent to which recommendations concerning research design and reporting made in 1980 and 1984 have been implemented. The review found continuing problems, including imprecise subject descriptions, heterogeneous…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Groups, Learning Disabilities