The external validity of age- versus IQ-discrepancy definitions of reading disability: lessons from a twin study.

abstract：:The British Psychological Society is the only national organization of psychologists within the United Kingdom representing all aspects of psychology and all subspecialisms within psychology. It is both a learned scientific society and a professional association. To address the concept of attention-deficit/hyperactivi...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Reason R,Working Party of the British Psychological Society.

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study explored the relationship between the intelligence of young adults and their performance on the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA). The study also examined whether significant differences existed between adults with and without attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on TOVA errors of omi...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Weyandt LL,Mitzlaff L,Thomas L

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concept mapping (a mixed qualitative-quantitative methodology) was used to describe and understand the psychosocial experiences of adults with confirmed and self-identified dyslexia. Using innovative processes of art and photography, Phase 1 of the study included 15 adults who participated in focus groups and in-depth...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Nalavany BA,Carawan LW,Rennick RA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visuospatial working memory and its involvement in arithmetic were examined in two groups of 7- to 11-year-olds: one comprising children described by teachers as displaying symptoms of nonverbal learning difficulties (N = 21), the other a control group without learning disabilities (N = 21). The two groups were matche...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Mammarella IC,Lucangeli D,Cornoldi C

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extant literature on the social functioning of students with learning disabilities (LD) has indicated that whereas a majority belong to peer groups, a higher proportion are isolated and most have lower social status among peers in general than their typically achieving classmates. Although some work has examined t...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Estell DB,Jones MH,Pearl R,Van Acker R,Farmer TW,Rodkin PC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although dyslexia runs in families, several putative risk factors that cannot be immediately identified as genetic predict reading disability. Published studies analyzed one or a few risk factors at a time, with relatively inconsistent results. To assess the contribution of several putative risk factors to the develop...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Mascheretti S,Marino C,Simone D,Quadrelli E,Riva V,Cellino MR,Maziade M,Brombin C,Battaglia M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tests of a model of the expected relationships between language abilities and reading achievement measures from the beginning of kindergarten through third grade are discussed. At kindergarten, more global language abilities influenced early, wholistic measures of reading achievement, including letter and number namin...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Sawyer DJ

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive remediation of decoding deficit was attempted by following a theoretically based program. The theory identifies four major cognitive processes: Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, and Successive (PASS) processing. The PASS Remedial Program (PREP) provides 10 structured tasks that are aimed at developing inter...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Das JP,Mishra RK,Pool JE

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined problem-solving and number-fact skills in two subgroups of third-grade children with mathematics difficulties (MD): MD-specific (n = 12) and MD-general (n = 12). The MD-specific group had difficulties in mathematics but not in reading, and the MD-general group had difficulties in reading as well as...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Jordan NC,Montani TO

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescents with and without learning disabilities (14, 16, and 18 years old) were tested to determine whether they differed in auditory, visual, and/or multisensory (combined auditory/visual) social perception abilities. Differences between the two groups in growth of auditory, visual, and multisensory social-percept...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Sisterhen DH,Gerber PJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used an item response theory (IRT) measurement model to examine the 28-item Conners Teacher's Rating Scale (CTRS) for the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Using an Israeli sample of 453 pairs of respondents (parents and teachers), we broke down our sample into nonclinical (n = 306) and ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Gumpel T,Wilson M,Shalev R

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Does scotopic sensitivity correction enhance parsing and, thus, comprehension? Twenty-two readers with scotopic sensitivity (mean age = 20.3 yrs.; 40.9% male) parsed sentences under scotopic correction and control conditions. Measures included eye-movement indices of parsing and comprehension questions. Although eye m...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Fletcher J,Martinez G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we consider issues relevant to the future of mathematics instruction and achievement for students with learning disabilities. The starting point for envisioning the future is the changing standards for mathematics learning and basic mathematical literacy. We argue that the shift from behaviorist learni...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Goldman SR,Hasselbring TS

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the use of the Reading Component Model to subgroup poor readers. A large sample of poor readers was identified in second grade and subgrouped on the basis of relative strengths and weaknesses in word recognition and listening comprehension. Although homogeneous subgroups were not identif...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Catts HW,Hogan TP,Fey ME

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study addresses the distinction between specific (SLI) and nonspecific (NLI) language impairment at an etiological level by estimating the relative genetic and environmental contributions to language impairment in children with SLI and NLI. Drawing on a large longitudinal twin study, we tested a sample of ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Hayiou-Thomas ME,Oliver B,Plomin R

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the development of oral reading fluency in a sample of first-grade children. Using growth curve analysis, models of growth were identified for a combined sample of at-risk (AR) and not-at-risk (NAR) children, and predictors of growth were identified for the longitudinal AR samp...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Speece DL,Ritchey KD

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the hypothesis that poor readers are characterized by poor nonword reading skills, but that a specific deficit, as opposed to a developmental lag, in nonword reading will be found only in subjects whose reading is discrepant from intellectual ability. To test this hypothesis, we measured nonword r...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Felton RH,Wood FB

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A teacher describes a secondary English unit on Shakespeare implemented in a manner designed to take advantage of the learning differences of resource room students. After developing and investigating questions relating to Macbeth, students then read and enjoyed the drama. As a result of acquiring an understanding of ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Thorson S

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present article provides a meta-analysis of instructional research with samples of children and adolescents with learning disabilities in the domains of word recognition and reading comprehension. The results of the synthesis showed that a prototypical intervention study has an effect size (ES) of .59 for word rec...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Swanson HL

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of children with dyslexia (mean ages 9 and 14 years) was studied, together with group of children without dyslexia matched for age. Participants were monolingual native speakers of the Bosnian language with transparent orthography. In total, the diagnostic tests were performed with 41 children with dyslexia an...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Duranovic M,Sehic S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A correlational analysis was conducted to assess the relationship among various assessment instruments, including Kagan, Rosman, Day, Albert, and Phillips's (1964) Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT), and actual classroom performance vis-à-vis impulsive responding. Subjects were 22 children (16 male, 6 female), ages...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Harrison KA,Romanczyk RG

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the persistent nature of naming speed deficits within the context of the double-deficit hypothesis in a university sample of adults with reading disabilities (RD). Twenty-five university students with RD were compared to 28 typically achieving readers on measures of reading skill, phonol...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Vukovic RK,Wilson AM,Nash KK

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following a review of contemporary models of word-level processing for reading and their limitations, we propose a new hypothetical model of Chinese character reading, namely, the graded lexical space mapping model that characterizes how sublexical radicals and lexical information are involved in Chinese character rea...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Tong X,McBride C

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gersten, Jordan, and Flojo (in this issue) provide the beginnings of an essential bridge between basic research on mathematical disabilities (MD) in young children and the application of this research for the early identification and remediation of these forms of learning disability. As they acknowledge, the field of ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Geary DC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred graduates with learning disabilities (LD) from three universities in the United States completed a survey related to their postschool employment outcomes and experiences. The present study presents data related to their decisions regarding LD disclosure in employment settings. Although 73% of the responde...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Madaus JW

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few tests that assess reading comprehension in adults, but these tests are needed for a comprehensive assessment of reading disorders (RD). The Nelson-Denny Reading Test (NDRT) has a long-passage reading comprehension component that can be used with adolescents and adults. A problem with the NDRT is that rea...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Ready RE,Chaudhry MF,Schatz KC,Strazzullo S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explains how key principles of holistic constructivism were used to revise a graduate teacher education program and develop a portfolio model of evaluation. The program is built around individualized portfolios, applied projects, collaborative work, student evaluation, and professional presentation of stu...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Bacon EH,Bloom LA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficits in phonological processing are theorized to be responsible for at least some reading disabilities. A considerable amount of research demonstrates that many students can be taught one of these phonological processes-phonemic awareness. However, not all students have responded favorably to this instruction. Res...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Allor JH,Fuchs D,Mathes PG

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of high-stakes tests from elementary school through postsecondary education include the timed impromptu essay as a measure of writing performance. For adolescents with writing disorders, this type of evaluation often presents a significant barrier. The purpose of the current study was twofold. First, we i...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Gregg N,Coleman C,Davis M,Chalk JC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well established that learning disabilities (LD) persist into the adult years, yet despite a developing literature base in this area, there is a paucity of evidence-based research to guide research and practice. Consistent with the demands of the adult stage of development, autonomy and self-determination ar...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Gerber PJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00