Since Learning Assistance Centres are natural places for the use of computers, Learning Assistance Teachers should become familiar with the new developments and possibilities afforded by computer-assisted instruction and should also provide critical evaluations of use in Learning Assistance Centre programs. (Author/CL)

Verbal and nonverbal measures of higher cognitive functions were used to examine the degree of difference between the thought processes of culturally deprived and learning disabled children. Four groups of 20 subjects (ages 8-10) were studied. Results of both traditional and qualitative scoring differentiated between the two populations. (JW)

Normal (N=58) and learning disabled (N=52) primary grade children were classified into five groups (overachievers, target achievers, under achievers, slow learners, and disabled achievers) based on IQ-achievement and age-achievement discrepancies and followed over a 3-year period. Learning disabled students became more disabled with age in spite…

The discussion of the history of learning disabilities, emphasizes the lack of a precise definition and the ambiguous nature of etiological duration, and incidence explanations. He asserts that the teacher-therapist must become the major focus of study and research. (CL)

Directed study, in which all children were required to engage in the same number of repetitive spellings of word lists, had significant effects on spelling performance of learning disabled children without short-term memory deficits, but not Ss with short-term memory problems. Findings suggest that some LD children may need different kinds of…

The regular classroom behaviors of learning disabled and average fourth- and fifth-grade males were observed. A multiple regression analysis revealed 11 behaviors, accounting for 71 percent of the variance. Only the teacher behaviors and the combination of child and teacher behaviors produced significant results. (Author/CL)

A study involving 50 educationally handicapped (EH), 37 learning disabled (LD), and 40 nonhandicapped (NH) children revealed that when measures were administered weekly over three consecutive weeks, NH subjects' variability was greater than either LD or EH subjects. When subjects were tested on three passages in one sitting, no reliable difference…

A dictated word list assessment and a dictated paragraph assessment were administered to 20 learning disabled (LD) elementary students. Error-pattern consistency indicated that the LD subjects utilized systematic approaches to spelling dictated words. Findings supported the use of diagnostic error-analysis techniques and a structured approach to…

The author offers information on 11 modification techniques that may make commercial software programs more appropriate for learning disabled students. (CL)

Ten learning disabled adults offer suggestions on occupational experiences, noting successful job strategies that include selecting careers based on strengths, structuring the work environment to draw upon individual strengths, and building interpersonal skills. (CL)

The article describes a 3-year longitudinal study to examine postsecondary vocational pursuits of learning disabled high school seniors. Seven major research questions for the study are posed, including employment patterns, job-seeking techniques, and effects on transition of school performance, socioeconomic status, self-concept, and intellectual…

The author reviews software programs in creative writing for students with learning disabilities. In addition to processing programs, software that focuses on story building, revising, poetry writing, and narrative and expository writing is considered. (CL)

Suggestions to help the special education teacher communicate with the music teacher about learning disabled students center on explaining specialized words and phrases such as auditory discrimation, laterality and directionality. (Author/CL)

Based on research results on learning disabled children's spelling, it is argued that spelling errors produced by carefully selected LD elementary-school students cannot be interpreted as deviating from errors expected from younger, normally achieving children. Data are interpreted to support a cognitive-developmental model of spelling…

Following a review of influential sources in children's understanding of stories, a study is reviewed in which compositions of 27 learning disabled, 31 reading disabled, and 3 control Ss (11 years old) were evaluated. A hierarchy of adequacy of compositions was revealed, with many disabled readers and learners lacking an understanding of a story…