The author points out the usefulness of the ALP minicalculator program with learning disabled learners and introduces a novel aspect of the program--a new method of dealing with fractions via the calculator in which decimal answers are converted to equivalent fractions. (SBH)

The author considers the role of teacher attention, attention span, reading, and hyperactivity in the creation and remediation of learning disabilities (LD). He suggests that LD classes which focus on deficits and errors may be maintaining or increasing these behaviors; and that hyperactivity can be be remediated through operant techniques. (CL)

Five resistive activities (activities which integrate symmetric tonic neck reflex and facilitate learning) for use with problem learners are briefly described. Reports on using resistive activities with learning disabled children are offered. (SBH)

The article is a response to R. Maggiore's article "Reliability of Proposed Short Form of Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA)." The authors present evidence to rebut Maggiore's essentially negative conclusions regarding the reliability of the short form test. (For original paper, see EJ 194 153.) (Author/PHR)

A visual error scanning approach to the academic remediation of spelling disorders is described. (CL)

The three theories considered are H. S. Adelman's interactional model of learning disabilities, A. O. Ross' theory of developmental lag in selective attention, and J. K. Torgesen's conceptualization of the learning disabled child as an inactive learner. (Author/DLS)

A close examination of theories dominant in the field of learning disabilities in the 1960s showed that the role of theory in learning disabilities research has been unproductive in enhancing our understanding of the causes of learning disabilities. (Author)

Academic self-concept as measured by the Student's Perception of Ability Scale (SPAS) was compared for 81 learning disabled and 81 normally-achieving control children. The results show that learning disabled children hold more negative self-perceptions of ability in reading, spelling, and arithmetic than do controls. (Author)

The two "unmailed" letters present a controversial perspective to the current popularity of the classification of learning disabilities. (SBH)

The article focuses on a program for remedial handwriting instruction in which the student diagnoses which letters on his/her worksheet are incorrectly formed, relieving the teacher of the need for constant attention and helping to avoid repetitive mispractice.

In response to S. A. Cohen's paper on research problems in learning disabilities, the author suggests that ecological methods are equally valid scientifically as experimental methods if the problem is well conceptualized. (DB)

In response to S. A. Cohen's paper on research problems in learning disabilities, the author agrees that there has been too much ex post facto correlational research and reliance on etiological labels but emphasizes that not enough attention has been paid to the formulation of sound theory underlying research hypotheses. (DB)

Differentiated are children with mental regress learning deficiency characterized by poor capacity to mentally reorder events and children with poor memory. (DB)

Compared was the incidence of lateral phoria, a tendency for the eyes to turn in or out, in 45 elementary grade learning disabled children and 364 children in regular elementary education classes. (DB)