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Taha, Mohamed M.; El Nagar, Hosny Z. – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2018
The purpose of this study is to construct and evaluate diagnostic battery tests of verbal and non-verbal learning disabilities for students in the Arabic schools. 612 students were in the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades of primary school were involved, mostly from Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Their ages ranged from 7.94-10.98 with mean age = 9.62 and SD =…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Grade 3
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Bloom, Elana; Heath, Nancy – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
Children with nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD) have been found to be worse at recognizing facial expressions than children with verbal learning disabilities (LD) and without LD. However, little research has been done with adolescents. In addition, expressing and understanding facial expressions is yet to be studied among adolescents with LD…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Recognition (Psychology), Learning Disabilities, Verbal Learning
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Schiff, Rachel; Bauminger, Nirit; Toledo, Idit – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
Analogical reasoning--perceiving similarities in different situations and the transfer of such information--facilitates learning and understanding. However, children with learning disabilities (LD) typically demonstrate deficits in such information processing strategies. In this study, we investigated the analogical problem-solving differences…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Verbal Learning, Nonverbal Learning, Problem Solving
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Brown, George W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1972
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities
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Zera, David Aloyzy – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2001
The assessment profiles of 30 school-age children identified with either nonverbal or language-based learning disabilities were examined using a self-organizing systems paradigm. Results suggest that overflow into areas not typically associated with each disability subtype may occur. Concerns regarding ways of determining discrepancy for…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education