Variables related to the type of postsecondary education experience chosen by young adults with learning disabilities.

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：:Efficacy of a brief cognitive-affective intervention to enhance motivational readiness for participating in a psychoeducational decision-making conference was explored. Although outcomes specific to the preconference intervention were not found, findings of relevance to the hypothesized positive relationship between m...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Adelman HS,MacDonald VM,Nelson P,Smith DC,Taylor L

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates two group-administered tests of phoneme awareness, a phoneme segmentation test and an invented spelling test. Each was given to 100 kindergarten children (48 female, 52 male), along with two tests of visual-motor ability. One year later the same children received standardized reading tests and ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Mann VA

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：:We evaluated community general education (CGE; n = 178), community special education (CSE; n = 30) and hospital-referred (HR, n = 145) children (ages 7-6 to 11-11) prospectively over a 2-year period. During this period, 17 CGE children were referred for evaluation (community referred; CR). Prior to referral, CR childr...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Waber DP,Weiler MD,Forbes PW,Bernstein JH,Bellinger DC,Rappaport L

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:The authors review the last decade of their research on learning disabilities and conclude that knowledge x process x context is the most useful way to think about children's cognitive difficulties. According to this framework, learning disabilities is seen as a result of the interplay between a poorly elaborated know...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Ceci SJ,Baker JG

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides a snapshot of how all 50 states are progressing with the development and implementation of response-to-intervention (RtI) models 1 year after the final regulations for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act were passed. Data were collected through a review of existing state department of...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Berkeley S,Bender WN,Gregg Peaster L,Saunders L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the current study was to compare two forms of dynamic assessment and standard assessment of preschool children's phonological awareness. The first form of dynamic assessment was a form of scaffolding in which item formats were modified in response to an error so as to make the task easier or more explicit....

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Thatcher Kantor P,Wagner RK,Torgesen JK,Rashotte CA

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：:Assisted and unassisted performance of 14 average readers (7 boys and 7 girls between 9.67 and 13 years of age) and 14 children with learning disabilities (10 boys and 4 girls between 10.8 and 13 years of age) were compared on a reading comprehension task--stating the main idea in expository paragraphs in which the to...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Day JD,Zajakowski A

更新日期：1991-08-01 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：: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：:We assessed the impact of intrapersonal and interpersonal resilience, persistence, and number of difficulties in addition to reading problems on life satisfaction (general, social, and self) and academic achievement. A total of 120 adults with reading difficulties who either were completing a university degree or were...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Stack-Cutler HL,Parrila RK,Torppa M

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:A group of poor readers classified as dyslexic by age/IQ discrepancy criteria (n = 42) were contrasted with two clinic control groups: 56 adequate-for-age readers with attention deficit disorder (ADD) and 21 poor-for-age readers not meeting the IQ discrepancy criterion (slow/borderline group). The children (33 girls, ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Ackerman PT,Dykman RA

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：:Twenty-two studies are reviewed that report the effects of social skills training and intervention with 572 children identified as learning disabled between 5 and 19 years of age. These studies are reviewed to examine characteristics and components of intervention effectiveness. Age and sex of subjects, grade grouping...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： McIntosh R,Vaughn S,Zaragoza N

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Transition services for students with learning disabilities have not always been a priority in public schools. Although school personnel have long acknowledged the transition needs of students considered to have more severe disabilities, such as mental retardation, physical problems, and emotional disturbance, they do...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Bassett DS,Smith TE

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：: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：:In this study, we tested the outcomes of access to a response to intervention (RtI) model in kindergarten or in first grade on end-of-Grade-2 reading achievement and placement in special education. Across five schools, 214 students who began having access to Tier 2 intervention in kindergarten or first grade were comp...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： O'Connor RE,Bocian KM,Sanchez V,Beach KD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine if an instruction designed to facilitate planning, given by teachers to their class as a group, would have differential effects depending on the specific Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive (PASS) cognitive characteristics of each child. A cognitive strategy instruc...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Naglieri JA,Johnson D

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the creative abilities of children with learning disabilities by employing a new measure designed to assess creativity without the use of verbal or analytic skills. Sixteen normally performing and 16 children with learning disabilities were administered this task and a control task of verbal fl...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Eisen ML

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have yielded mixed findings as to the effect of learning disabilities (LD) on self-perception. We proposed that perceived competence in children who experience learning difficulties is affected both by age trends in self-appraisal processes and by the degree to which students' salient reference group ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Butler R,Marinov-Glassman D

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00