Underlying reading-related skills and abilities among adult learners.

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：:Methylphenidate (MPH) often ameliorates attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) behavioral dysfunction according to indirect informant reports and rating scales. The standard of care behavioral MPH titration approach seldom includes direct neuropsychological or academic assessment data to determine treatment e...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Hale JB,Reddy LA,Semrud-Clikeman M,Hain LA,Whitaker J,Morley J,Lawrence K,Smith A,Jones N

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study surveyed and compared support systems for poor readers in six member states of the European Union (EU). The goal was to identify features of effective support systems. A large-scale questionnaire survey was conducted among mainstream teachers (n = 4,210) and remedial teachers (n = 2,395). Results indicate t...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Ise E,Blomert L,Bertrand D,Faísca L,Puolakanaho A,Saine NL,Surányi Z,Vaessen A,Csépe V,Lyytinen H,Reis A,Ziegler JC,Schulte-Körne G

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：: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：:Currently, educators separate out from typical students those whose learning needs vary from the norm. The norming and sorting process may earmark students as "different" without providing markedly unique instruction and without producing robust academic outcomes. An alternative to fragmentation for some students is t...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Tomlinson CA

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：: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：: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：:This study examined the patterns of reading and spelling performance of first-grade Greek children who either were facing difficulties in literacy acquisition or were normal achievers. In addition, we studied the relationship between obtained literacy development levels and the children's phonological awareness and ab...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Porpodas CD

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors, both of whom are involved in providing support services to university students with learning disabilities, describe some of the current issues and challenges faced by students, staff, and faculty. Programs and initiatives in some Canadian institutions that have proven to be successful are described, such ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Cox DH,Klas LD

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:This article synthesizes the literature comparing at-risk children designated as responders and low responders to interventions in reading. The central question addressed in this review is whether individual differences in reading-related skills at pretest predict responders at posttest across a variety of interventio...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Tran L,Sanchez T,Arellano B,Lee Swanson H

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sustained and selective attention of 30 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students with learning disabilities (LD) and 20 controls were compared. A continuous performance test (CPT) yielded no differences for students with LD and controls, suggesting similar ability for both groups in sustaining attention and inhibitin...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Richards GP,Samuels SJ,Turnure JE,Ysseldyke JE

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a teaching strategy designed to improve spelling accuracy in children with learning disabilities. The write-say method provides immediate feedback to dual sensory modalities (i.e., visual and auditory) following the administration of a daily spelling test. Four males and three females (mean age = 11.61 ye...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Kearney CA,Drabman RS

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Forty children (7 to 11 years old) referred for evaluation of learning problems, who had scores within the normal range on standardized measures of academic achievement, were compared to 81 similarly referred children who had scored low (< 90) on at least one measure of academic achievement. We tested the hypothesis t...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Morgan AE,Singer-Harris N,Bernstein JH,Waber DP

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：:This study examined the characteristics of students with specific learning disabilities in either reading and spelling or arithmetic. Based on scores obtained using the revised Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery, students with a marked weakness in arithmetic relative to reading and spelling were designated as...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Davis JT,Parr G,Lan W

更新日期：1997-05-01 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 study addressed the issue as to whether children reliably diagnosed as attention deficit disordered with hyperactivity (ADD/H) and without hyperactivity (ADD/WO) differed significantly from each other and a clinic control (CC) population on speed and efficiency of cognitive processing. From an outpatient clinic p...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Hynd GW,Nieves N,Connor RT,Stone P,Town P,Becker MG,Lahey BB,Lorys AR

更新日期：1989-11-01 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：:This study examined temporal resolution of auditory perception (TRAP) in relation to speech perception and phonological working memory in one experiment and in relation to measures of rapid naming, understanding of grammatical contrasts, and phonological awareness in a second experiment. In the TRAP test, 6- to 9-year...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Norrelgen F,Lacerda F,Forssberg H

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：: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：:In this study, we examined whether think-aloud procedures would uncover differences in the kinds of inferences generated by average and below-average readers. Participants were 40 third-grade children who were divided into groups of average and below-average readers. All participants completed measures of nonverbal IQ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Laing SP,Kamhi AG

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:The authors' experience derives from over 10 years of study of the neuropsychological characteristics of children with learning disabilities (LD) who were referred to a public children's hospital. Some sociocultural and linguistic aspects of children with learning disabilities in Italy, and in particular in the northe...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Fabbro F,Masutto C

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00