The aim of this study was to derive core profiles from the general education subsample from the Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (CTONI) using a three-stage cluster analysis procedure. Findings indicate that level, not shape, differences should be expected from administration of the CTONI to students both with and without learning…

Investigated the ability of the Motor Free Test of Visual Perception Revised (MVPT-R) to differentiate between children with learning disabilities (n=38)and matched control children (n=38). Results showed that children with learning disabilities scored lower, with a significantly greater percentage scoring below the criterion cutoff than the…

Examined the relationship between teachers' beliefs concerning recommendations for effective math instruction/learning as outlined by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the extent to which teachers believe it is possible to implement NCTM recommendations. Responses from 39 teachers show more positive beliefs about the…

To dispel parents' and educators' confusion about children's learning problems, this article properly defines terms such as slow learner, learning disability, attention deficit disorder, and underachiever. A sidebar categorizes four types of underachievers, who perform better when tightly monitored. (MLH)

Eighty-six adults (mean age 26 years) with learning disabilities were evaluated clinically using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R). Significant relationships were identified between subjects' WAIS-R intelligence quotients and scaled scores and job success. (Author/DB)

Compared the performance of high school students (N=15) designated as learning disabled (LD) with the performance of non-learning-disabled (non-LD) students (N=15) experiencing learning difficulties. Both groups were compared with a control group of typical learners (N=30). Results indicated, when taken as a group, LD and non-LD students differed…

The study of perceived importance of 23 occupations by 65 adolescents with learning disabilities and 85 adolescents without learning disabilities revealed that occupations were ranked similarly by the two groups though students with learning disabilities held occupations classified as skilled, semi-skilled, or unskilled in higher regard than…

Reviews research on the relation between socioemotional functioning/disturbance and learning disabilities in children, examining the hypotheses that: (1) socioemotional disturbance causes learning disabilities; (2) learning disabilities cause socioemotional disturbance; and (3) specific patterns of central processing abilities and deficits cause…

Makes a plea, in the form of an open letter to a teacher, for patience with a learning disabled child, and for accommodation of his ability level and learning style and speed. (SR)

Describes the effects of using the writing workshop approach on Scott, a student with learning disabilities, and the phenomenal progress he made. Maintains that students' giant leaps occur because students are little learning machines when they are learning what they themselves need to know. (SR)

Lauretta Bender's experiences as a bright child struggling with specific learning problems and her subsequent work in language disorders are described. Her recognition of the biological nature of a group of learning disorders for which there was no clinical evidence of structural damage to the central nervous system is emphasized. (JDD)

Investigates the differences in spelling error features among learning disabled and normal students across four grade levels of spelling achievement. Finds support for the theory of developmental word knowledge and for the position that learning disabled and normally achieving children acquire aspects of orthography in similar progressions. (RS)

Examined similarity of scores of 30 learning disabled students (aged 16 and 17) on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R). Results documented similarity between WISC-R and WAIS-R for 16 year-olds who were learning disabled and had average intellectual ability.…

Patterns of memory dysfunction were determined in 50 middle school learning disabled readers (LD) through a hierarchical cluster analysis. Results were consistent with memory capacity theories of LD and provided external validation for classification of LD readers on psychometric measures according to patterns of memory performance. (Author/DB)

Discusses the reform efforts of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Standards documents and presents six research-based instructional strategies to use with students with learning disabilities: big ideas, conspicuous strategies, mediated scaffolding, strategic integration, ground knowledge, and judicious review. Contains 55…