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Cuenin, Lynn H. – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1990
The Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery (Revised) is reviewed in regard to its application with learning-disabled (LD) adults. Strengths of the revised test are identified as are concerns about the low representation of LD adults in the normative sample and the complex interpretation process. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities, Student Evaluation
Shaywitz, Sally E.; Shaw, Robert – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1988
This article offers guidelines for identifying gifted/learning-disabled high school students who would survive and thrive in the most competitive college environments. It strongly encourages the development of more informed admissions processes, not only at the undergraduate level but at the graduate and professional school levels as well.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Gifted, Higher Education
Ellis, Edwin S. – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1989
The article presents a metacognitive intervention for teaching mainstreamed learning-disabled students four learning strategies for thinking before, during, and after class discussions. Instructional and assessment procedures used for teaching the strategies are described. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Group Discussion, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Bursuck, William D.; Lessen, Elliott – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1987
The article describes C-BAID (Curriculum Based Assessment and Instructional Design), a school-wide curriculum-based assessment system which identifies the learning problems and appropriate programming for elementary grade students with learning disabilities. The system consists of three parts: academic skill probes, work habits observation, and an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Teaching
