The report describes a study of the sex ratios in learning disabilities among 305 Israli children in kindergarten, second grade, and fifth grade which found no gender differences in reading disability cases. Contrary findings of an apparent sex-linked component of learning disabilities among U.S. children are examined. (CL)

Summarized are four studies which compared the ability of learning disabled (LD) and normal students to learn the meanings of homonyms (words that sound alike but have different meanings) when presented in various modes. Homonyms were presented in either random order or in contiguous pairs, with the illustrative sentences presented after the word…

Described is the Aston Index, a pilot instrument designed for screening dyslexic-type language difficulties in young children. It is explained that the index consists of three forms to test children at three stages of development (such as those who have been in school about 6 months), that it represents an "integrated" approach, and that it…

This paper discusses the current confusion in differentiating between reading disabilities and learning disabilities, as well as the role of the learning and reading specialist. The origin and history of the movement toward helping children labeled as having a reading or learning handicap are examined, and various definitions are discussed. It is…

The author, a neurologist, looks at the nature of reading disabilities. He suggests that many reading disabilities are the result of normal constitutional differences and that the term "minimal brain dysfunction" is rarely appropriate and does not help the remediation process. Noted are various theories which relate neurology and reading ability.…

Investigated was the effectiveness of a flashcard and fading tutoring procedure in increasing the spelling performance of a 9-year-old boy. The S practiced word completion four times a week (20 minutes per session) on four different words each session, and was tested at the end of each week on all 16 words. During 3 weeks of tutoring, S's spelling…

The annotated bibliography on dyslexia contains approximately 50 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents published from 1966 to 1973 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). It is explained that titles were chosen…

Presented at the ASHA-AMA 12th Annual Pre-Convention Session on School Health (Chicago, June 21, 1970), the paper discusses children who have a specific learning disability. Terminology is considered and specific learning disability defined. Attention is given to how the learning disabled child is different, the significance of statistical…

Offered for teachers who are overwhelmed by the task of selecting specific details from referral information for application with the learning disabled child is an analysis of prescriptive teaching for early childhood. Prescriptive teaching is described in terms of utilizing diagnostic information by modifying the educational program and…

Hypotheses accounting for the pattern of deficits in specific developmental dyslexia were examined. The theory postulates that the disorder reflects a lag in maturation of the central nervous system, particularly the left cerebral hemisphere. The hypotheses in question predicted that skills developing ontogenetically earlier (visual-motor and…

The selected bibliography of reading methods and problems contains an explanation of indexing and approximately 100 abstracts to be drawn from the computer file of abstracts representing the Council for Exceptional Children Information Center's complete holdings as of August, 1972. Abstracts are said to be chosen using the criteria of availability…

This series of nine articles on dyslexia, or specific language disability, originally appeared in the Baltimore "Evening Sun" in response to increasing public interest regarding reading disabilities and handicaps. These articles summarize the methods of identifying and teaching these children and discuss the school's common failure to identify and…

The report describes the operation of various programs and parts of programs for the learning disabled (minimally brain damaged) child in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Covered are student characteristics, special class services available, supportive services (psychiatric, language development, vision, and sensory-motor activity services), and…

Evaluated was the effect on standardized test scores of allowing six 4th grade learning disabled children to have a helper fill in the machine scored answer grid according to the child's verbal answers to the test questions. (Author/DB)

In order to determine if the syntactic complexity of written mathematical problems influenced students' abilities to solve problems, 45 eighth-grade remedial math students were studied. (PHR)