The study involving 40 learning disabled (LD) Ss, investigated whether or not regular classroom test scores of LD junior high school students may be improved by training those students to use a test taking strategy. Results showed significantly higher posttest scores for the experimental than the control Ss. Test taking skills were found to…

Research on teaching methods is reviewed for improving the reading comprehension of learning disabled (LD) students. Among the approaches noted are the structured overview, in which the teacher and/or students arrange important concepts and terms in a graphic design for introduction and discussion before reading; use of story grammars to outline…

School records of 124 students at a private day school for learning disabled (LD) children (average age 12 years) were examined in an attempt to describe one group of students labeled LD. Information available included demographic data; medical history information; parental estimates of child's ability to inteact with others, child's developmental…

The extent to which identification as learning disabled is a function of the definition used and the extent to which different classifications would result from use of different definitions were examined in a study involving 51 students (6 to 12 years old) referred for psychological evaluation as a result of academic difficulties. The school…

The Mathematics subtest of the Peabody Individual Achievement Test is analyzed and its content represented in a format similar to that used in diagnostic math tests. An error analysis matrix is provided and its use is illustrated with application to the mathematics performance of a sixth grade child. The subtest is recommended as a diagnostic test…

Two experiments examined the ability of learning disabled versus nondisabled third to fifth grade children (N=20) to ingratiate an adult interviewer. In each experiment an equal number of disabled and nondisabled youngsters were instructed to act natural, and an equal number were instructed to "try and get the lady to like you." Naive college…

A teacher of learning disabled secondary students discusses the role of visual learning in motivating students and increasing their communication skills. Application of visual methods in an American and British setting is seen to have resulted in gains in self concept, motivation toward school, and in comunication skills. (CL)

The paper describes a theater workshop for children with learning disabilities, and discusses its benefits, including improved oral and written language, self esteem, and self control. Comments of actors involved in the workshop are included. (CL)

An analysis was made of the factors associated with the condition of developmental dyslexia in pupils who were tutored in a Title III-funded learning disability center. During the 2-year period from September 1967 through June 1969, approximately 200 pupils were involved each year in an intensive diagnosis and remediation program. The ratio of…

Basic tenets underlying the philosophy of programing for children with learning disabilities are presented. Focus is placed on the involvement of the classroom teacher utilizing clinical teaching which matches the demands of the task to the cognitive style of the learner. It is pointed out that learning disabilities range in degree from mild to…

The annotated bibliography on learning disabilities research contains approximately 100 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents, published from 1963 through 1973, which have been selected from the computer file of the Information Center of the Council for Exceptional Children. It is explained that the abstracts were chosen…

To further clarify the nature of sensory integrative dysfunction, 148 public school children (mean age 92.6, mean IQ 96.5) with learning disorders were first given a battery of sensorimotor, psycholinguistic, and cognitive tests, and factors were extrapolated. The test scores were also employed to generate step-wise regression equations predicting…

Resource teacher systems serving learning disabled children are discussed in terms of the varying dimensions of type of service (direct versus indirect), diagnostic/prescriptive orientation (ability versus skill), and delivery (resident versus itinerant). Individual resource programs are thought to vary on the dimensions due to intransigent…

The selected bibliography of educational programs for learning disabled children contains approximately 100 abstracts with indexing information explained to be drawn from the computer file of abstracts representing the Council for Exceptional Children Information Center's complete holdings as of July, 1972. Abstracts are said to be chosen using…

The purpose of this glossary is to help clarify communication among lay people and professionals by defining current terms--which are not self-explanatory--in the field of learning and reading disabilities. The terms selected for inclusion are those that might be encountered in the literature of the field, in psychological reports, in…