A method for calculating "standardized" grade equivalents for learning disabled students is criticized because it recreates some problems of the original mental age concept and has little to offer teachers or diagnostic personnel. (Author/CL)

The study examined the decision-making processes of 15 administrators, 22 psychologists, 28 teachers, and 15 nurses in judgments about learning disabled. Results indicated that judges did differ with respect to the weights assigned specific cues but were similar in their ratings of severity level and recommended educational placement. (Author/CL)

The ability of learning disabled children to process, retain, and retrieve verbal information was investigated within a series of information-processing tasks, revealing that both the rate and level at which Ss processed information were below the standards set by normal reading contemporaries. (Author/CL)

Two investigations were conducted to ascertain teachers' expectations for the performance of the younger siblings of learning disabled students. Results indicated that teachers held lower expectations for younger siblings of LD than of non-LD students. (Author/CL)

Thirty elementary school children in regular, gifted, and learning disabled-gifted programs were examined on three receptive language tests. Analysis of variance indicated that the "Token Test for Children" differentiated learning disabled-gifted, and the "Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude, Verbal Absurdities Subtest"…

This study investigated differences in behavior between children with and without postural reflex dysfunction. (JA)

The author advocates the exclusive use of cursive writing in the early elementary grades and maintains that manuscript writing is harmful to learning disabled children. (DB)

The defect of graphic memory in the case of acquired dysgraphia described is shown to be a form of spatial disturbance rather than a dedifferentiation of manual activities. (Author/KW)

A study involving 154,203 Hawaiian public school students (5 to 20 years old) found a significant correlation to children born in each successive month (months were numbered from January onward) who were classified as learning disabled. Findings suggested that late born children have more specific disabilities than early born children. (CL)

In planning modifications in typewriting classes to accommodate special needs students, content, environment, and methods need to be considered. (SK)

Studies employing applied behavior analysis procedures with learning disabled children are reviewed in terms of the dependent variables being measured and the independent variables being manipulated. The authors conclude that very few of the studies contribute to a systematically obtained body of knowledge regarding the various dimensions of…

The author considers the issue of grading learning disabled students in terms of reasons for giving grades, the basis on which grades are given, kinds of grades, and the person responsible for giving grades. (SB)

Two learning disabled nine-year-old males were trained to attend to suffixes (-ed, -ing), resulting in improved oral reading performance. (Author)

Although indexes of scatter on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised computed for 100 learning disabled (LD) elementary children were significantly greater than values previously reported for the normal standardized sample, the substantial overlap suggests the inadvisability of continuing the search for a characteristic LD profile.…

The review cites methodological and statistical flaws in studies attempting to identify subtest patterns on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised indicative of learning disabilities (LD) and concludes that no LD pattern has been found and the search for such a pattern is not justified. (Author/CL)