Federal law and the accommodation of students with LD: the lawyers' look at the BU decision.

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：:The field of learning disabilities, like education in the main, is undergoing calls for reform and restructuring, an upheaval brought on in great part by the forces of opposing paradigms--reductionism and constructivism. In reexamining our past, we must begin to address the failures of traditional deficit models and t...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Hearne D,Stone S

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulant medications are widely used as part of the treatment for children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The current study investigated the effects of methylphenidate on auditory vigilance, auditory processing abilities, and receptive language abilities of children with ADHD. Twenty subjects (...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Keith RW,Engineer P

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：:This article describes the use of self-monitoring procedures to increase the number of daily homework assignments completed by eight students with learning disabilities. Students ranged in age from 13 to 16 years and attended Grades 7 through 10. The experimental procedure involved the use of a sheet listing all daily...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Trammel DL,Schloss PJ,Alper S

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes a program of research on the behavioral characteristics of children with learning disabilities (LD) compared to average achievers. Longitudinal studies over a 3-year period beginning in the first and second grades showed that children with LD, as a heterogeneous group, displayed a persistent patt...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： McKinney JD

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Students with learning disabilities have received services in special education programs for many years. Unfortunately, many of these students continue to need services after they exit high schools. Vocational rehabilitation has begun to provide services for young adults with learning disabilities; however, there cont...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Dowdy CA,Smith TE,Nowell CH

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transition of adults with learning disabilities to successful employment is contingent upon numerous factors. Eighty-six adults (55 males and 31 females), 18 to 59 years old (mean age 26.7 years), with learning disabilities were evaluated clinically using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) (Wec...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Faas LA,D'Alonzo BJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the role of a dynamic assessment (DA) of decoding in predicting responsiveness to Tier 2 small-group tutoring in a response-to-intervention model. First grade students (n = 134) who did not show adequate progress in Tier 1 based on 6 weeks of progress monitoring received Tier 2...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Cho E,Compton DL,Fuchs D,Fuchs LS,Bouton B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experience of school-related stress during the transition to junior high school is compared in a sample of 59 students with learning disabilities (27 females, 32 males) and 402 students without learning disabilities (241 females, 161 males). Using a checklist of 11 stressful school events, the authors found that a...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Geisthardt C,Munsch J

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptive use of approximate calculation was examined using a verification task with 18 third graders with mathematics learning disabilities, 22 typically achieving third graders, and 21 typically achieving second graders. Participants were asked to make true-false decisions on simple and complex addition problems ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Rousselle L,Noël MP

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The final session of the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) Responsiveness-to-Intervention (RTI) Symposium, "What are alternative models to LD identification other than RTI?" included four papers that discussed concerns over the exclusive reliance on an RTI approach to learning disability identi...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Johnson E,Mellard DF,Byrd SE

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early identification of learning difficulties is a critical component of the Response to Intervention (RtI) model. In kindergarten, the screening of foundational reading skills can provide a data-based guideline for identifying students requiring a more intensive response-based intervention before starting elementary ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Gutiérrez N,Jiménez JE,de León SC,Seoane RC

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to understand and produce coherent text structure was assessed across three groups of college writers, normally achieving, learning disabled, and underprepared. It was found that college writers with learning disabilities were more like the normally achieving writers on an assessment of comprehension of te...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Gregg N,Hoy C

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-perceptions of teacher feedback, social comparison of reading competence, reading satisfaction, and general self-worth were assessed among third and sixth graders with learning disabilities and normal achievement (n = 247). Relations among these variables and mean differences were examined within the and across g...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Bear GG,Minke KM,Griffin SM,Deemer SA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some previous research has shown strong associations between spelling ability and rapid automatic naming (RAN) after controls for phonological processing and nonsense-word reading ability, consistent with the double-deficit hypothesis in reading and spelling. Previous studies did not, however, control for nonsense-wor...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Savage R,Pillay V,Melidona S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article by Speece (in this issue) underscores the disappointing accuracy results of early screening for reading difficulties and argues that development conceptualized as rate of learning matters. We respond by emphasizing three points. First, the purpose of early screening could be identifying students not at ris...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Foorman BR,Ciancio DJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research studies examining the effects of spelling and reading interventions on the spelling outcomes of students with learning disabilities (LD) are synthesized. An extensive search of the professional literature between 1995 and 2003 yielded a total of 19 intervention studies that provided spelling and read...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Wanzek J,Vaughn S,Wexler J,Swanson EA,Edmonds M,Kim AH

更新日期：2006-11-01 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

abstract：:Magnitude understanding is critical for students to develop a deep understanding of fractions and more advanced mathematics curriculum. The research reports in this special issue underscore magnitude understanding for fractions and emphasize number lines as both an assessment and an instructional tool. In this comment...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Gersten R,Schumacher RF,Jordan NC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the relationship between specific factors and the decision to participate in postsecondary education by young adults with learning disabilities. Data concerning 539 subjects with learning disabilities were included in this study. T test and chi square indicated that involvement in extracurricular...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Miller RJ,Snider B,Rzonca C

更新日期：1990-06-01 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 purpose of the present study was to examine the role of achievement in explaining the poor social and behavioral functioning associated with LD status, and to evaluate potential gender differences in patterns of interpersonal functioning among youth with learning disabilities (LD) and nondisabled (NLD) youth. Thir...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： La Greca AM,Stone WL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of reading speed in Italian children with dyslexia was estimated using individualized growth curves for a group of 38 children with dyslexia tested longitudinally from the second to the eighth grade and compared with typical readers. Their reading speed development followed a linear trend of .3 syllabl...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Tressoldi PE,Stella G,Faggella M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers of mathematics learning disability (MLD) commonly use cutoff scores to determine which participants have MLD. Some researchers apply more restrictive cutoffs than others (e.g., performance below the 10th vs. below the 35th percentile). Different cutoffs may lead to groups of children that differ in their p...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Murphy MM,Mazzocco MM,Hanich LB,Early MC

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines selected variables related to the type of postsecondary education experience chosen by young adults with learning disabilities (N = 225). A one-way analysis of variance was utilized to identify significant differences between groups participating in alternative postsecondary education experiences...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Miller RJ,Rzonca C,Snider B

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：:The purpose of this qualitative multicase study was to explore the perceptions of individuals who could speak from both sides of the special education desk--as students and as teachers. The three participants for this study each received special education services for learning disabilities while in school and were cur...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Ferri BA,Keefe CH,Gregg N

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines more than a decade of changes in special education research and in the use of technology. It discusses evolving research and projects funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and raises questions about the use of specific methodologies and about whether children with disabilities...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Hauser J,Malouf DB

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This exploratory study identified underlying skill and ability differences among subgroups of adolescent and young adult struggling readers (N = 290) overall and in relation to a fluency-based instructional grouping method. We used principal axis factoring of participants' scores on 18 measures of reading-related skil...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Mellard DF,Woods KL,Md Desa ZD,Vuyk MA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00