Construct validity of reading measures in adults with significant reading difficulties.

abstract：:Experiencing a brain injury is a traumatic event not only for the child who is directly affected, but also for his or her family system. Recently, attention has turned toward the potentially deleterious effects of having a child with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) on parents, siblings, and extended family members. Spe...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Conoley JC,Sheridan SM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of mainstreamed students with learning disabilities (LD) regarding adaptations (e.g., altering tests, homework, assignments, instruction) made by general education teachers. Furthermore, their responses were compared with those of low achieving (LA) and aver...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Vaughn S,Schumm JS,Kouzekanani K

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：:The present study evaluated the stability of math learning difficulties over a 2-year period and investigated several factors that might influence this stability (categorical vs. continuous change, liberal vs. conservative cut point, broad vs. specific math assessment); the prediction of math performance over time and...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Martin RB,Cirino PT,Barnes MA,Ewing-Cobbs L,Fuchs LS,Stuebing KK,Fletcher JM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a systematic, explicit, intensive Tier 3 (tertiary) intervention on the mathematics performance of students in second grade with severe mathematics difficulties. A multiple-baseline design across groups of participants showed improved mathematics performa...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Bryant BR,Bryant DP,Porterfield J,Dennis MS,Falcomata T,Valentine C,Brewer C,Bell K

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within a large (N = 182) heterogeneous sample of clinic-referred children with DSM-III-diagnosed attention deficit disorder (ADD), three behavioral subgroups were identified via cluster analysis of teacher ratings: 40% of the children had ADD with hyperactivity (ADDH), 30% had ADD with hyperactivity and aggressivity (...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Dykman RA,Ackerman PT

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：:Recent research has raised the question of whether age- and IQ-discrepancy forms of reading disability (RD) are distinguishable in terms of either their underlying linguistic deficit or their response to treatment, thus threatening the external validity of the traditional distinction between specific reading retardati...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Pennington BF,Gilger JW,Olson RK,DeFries JC

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:German practices in the field of learning disabilities beyond preschool level are described in the context of their historical formation. In a historical perspective it becomes obvious that the German notion of Lernbehinderung, although being just a translation of "learning disabilities," differs markedly from the Ame...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Opp G

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several national reports have suggested the usefulness of systematic, explicit, synthetic phonics instruction based on English word structure along with wide reading of quality literature for supporting development in early reading instruction. Other studies have indicated, however, that many in-service teachers are n...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Joshi RM,Binks E,Hougen M,Dahlgren ME,Ocker-Dean E,Smith DL

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：: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：:Recent experimental results suggest that negation is particularly challenging for children with reading difficulties. This study looks at how young poor readers, speakers of Mandarin Chinese, comprehend affirmative and negative sentences as compared with a group of age-matched typical readers. Forty-four Chinese child...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Hu S,Vender M,Fiorin G,Delfitto D

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Achievement and cognitive tests are used extensively in the diagnosis and educational placement of children with reading disabilities (RD). Moreover, research on scholastic interventions often requires repeat testing and information on practice effects. Little is known, however, about the test-retest and other psychom...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Cirino PT,Rashid FL,Sevcik RA,Lovett MW,Frijters JC,Wolf M,Morris RD

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a number of experimental investigations into the effects of hemisphere stimulation on the reading performance of individuals with dyslexia are currently available, only a few studies have addressed the effects of treatment in the setting of an outpatient clinic. The present study reports on the reading result...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Kappers EJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of video-based mathematics instruction for seven middle school students with specific learning disability (SLD), using an augmented reality-based training package. The dependent variable was the percentage of steps students performed correctly to solve each ty...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Kellems RO,Eichelberger C,Cacciatore G,Jensen M,Frazier B,Simons K,Zaru M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial evidence has established that individual differences in executive function (EF) in early childhood are uniquely predictive of children's academic readiness at school entry. The current study tested whether growth trajectories of EF across the early childhood period could be used to identify a subset of chi...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Willoughby MT,Magnus B,Vernon-Feagans L,Blair CB,Family Life Project Investigators.

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:Bilingual students' language and literacy skills were compared across three classroom events in a special day classroom for students with language learning disabilities. Events ranged from the teacher-structured, formal class openings to the informal, peer-structured socio-dramatic play. Results showed that certain co...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Ruiz NT

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthesis of the extant research on peer-mediated reading and math interventions for students in regular or alternative education settings with academic difficulties and disabilities in Grades 6 to 12 (ages 11-18) is presented. Interventions conducted between 2001 and 2012 targeting reading and math were included if...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Wexler J,Reed DK,Pyle N,Mitchell M,Barton EE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this quasi-experimental study, which is part of a series of investigations on supplemental reading tutoring variations, the relative effectiveness of more intense decoding instruction or text reading practice was examined. Fifty-seven first-grade students scoring in the lowest quartile for reading skills received e...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Vadasy PF,Sanders EA,Peyton JA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Learning Disability Index (LDI) was validated by an examination of the mean profiles and demographic characteristics of high and low LDI subsets of the standardization sample of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. The LDI continuum, however, was found to measure Third Factor strengths/weaknesses ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Clampit MK,Silver SJ

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents an international perspective of the proposed changes to the DSM-5 for learning disabilities (LD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) across ten countries: Australia, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We provide perspe...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Al-Yagon M,Cavendish W,Cornoldi C,Fawcett AJ,Grünke M,Hung LY,Jiménez JE,Karande S,van Kraayenoord CE,Lucangeli D,Margalit M,Montague M,Sholapurwala R,Sideridis G,Tressoldi PE,Vio C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the executive functioning of 55 elementary school children with and without problems in written expression. Two groups reflecting children with and without significant writing problems were defined by an average primary trait rating across two separate narratives. The groups did not differ in terms...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Hooper SR,Swartz CW,Wakely MB,de Kruif RE,Montgomery JW

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fueled by educational reforms such as the Regular Education Initiative, the inclusion movement, and Goals 2000, speech and language pathologists (SLPs) have explored the use of collaborative consultation in providing integrated service delivery. The implications of classroom-based services are discussed, along with mo...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Elksnin LK

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：: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：:The present study examined the development of phonological and reading skills in 171 students (98 males, 73 females) from the beginning of first grade (Time 1) to the end of second grade (Time 4). Based on their reading and intelligence scores at the end of second grade, these students were placed into nondisabled (ND...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Hurford DP,Schauf JD,Bunce L,Blaich T,Moore K

更新日期：1994-06-01 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