Coherence: the comprehension and production abilities of college writers who are normally achieving, learning disabled, and underprepared.

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：:Considerable discussion has occurred about the most appropriate methods for diagnosing learning disabilities (LD) in postsecondary students. Two of the many areas of controversy that have emerged include the appropriate diagnostic criteria to use and the appropriate referent group. A review of previous court cases dem...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Giovingo LK,Proctor BE,Prevatt F

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Many students with learning disabilities (LD) experience difficulties with extracting relationships from expository text, especially if they are implicit. Results from studies with K-12 participants have been inconclusive regarding the potency of the graphic organizer (GO) as a comprehension tool. This study attempted...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： DiCecco VM,Gleason MM

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:Difficulties in phonological processing and reading that characterize developmental dyslexia have been suggested also to affect those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, it is not known to what extent various intervening factors, such as low intelligence quotient or age, explain the observed...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Laasonen M,Lehtinen M,Leppämäki S,Tani P,Hokkanen L

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

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：: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：: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：:In this study, we examined the nature of whole-class discussion and teachers' instruction during discussion about historical topics in one inclusive, middle-grade classroom. We videotaped and analyzed 4 lessons to determine the nature of discussion sequences, rates of participation, and instructional challenges encoun...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Okolo CM,Ferretti RP,MacArthur CA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven fables were read to 14 average learners and 14 children with learning disabilities, all of whom ranged in age from 10 to 13 years. They were presented with four possible moral choices: one correct, one related, and two incorrect. They were instructed to select the correct moral choice and were asked to explain t...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Abrahamsen EP,Sprouse PT

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：: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：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a multilinguistic intervention to improve reading and spelling in primary grade students who struggle with literacy. Twenty second-grade students with spelling deficits were randomly assigned to receive a multilinguistic intervention with a phonological and...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Wolter JA,Dilworth V

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:The study presents data on the effectiveness of a parent-administered behavioral reading therapy program. Ten parents administered the therapy program to their second- to fourth-grade children with reading disability. All 10 children received 70 therapy sessions (30 minutes per session), with 5 of the 10 children rece...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Burns GL,Kondrick PA

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：:The four studies of adult literacy in this special issue of the Journal of Learning Disabilities address measurement issues in adult populations and the relation (by comparison) of similar studies of childhood literacy. Despite differences in selection criteria, tests, and research questions, there is some convergence...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Fletcher JM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Response-to-intervention (RTI) approaches to disability identification are meant to put an end to the so-called wait-to-fail requirement associated with IQ discrepancy. However, in an unfortunate irony, there is a group of children who wait to fail in RTI frameworks. That is, they must fail both general classroom inst...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Compton DL,Gilbert JK,Jenkins JR,Fuchs D,Fuchs LS,Cho E,Barquero LA,Bouton B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze whether children with and without difficulties in handwriting, spelling, or both differed in alphabet writing when using a keyboard. The total sample consisted of 1,333 children from Grades 1 through 3. Scores on the spelling and handwriting factors from the Early Grade Writing Ass...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Bisschop E,Morales C,Gil V,Jiménez-Suárez E

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the perceived importance of 23 occupations by 65 adolescents with learning disabilities and 85 adolescents without learning disabilities revealed that occupations were ranked similarly by the two groups (Rho = .76). Analysis of the groups' rank order indicated diversity of students' perceptions about the im...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Plata M,Bone J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Text-to-speech and related read-aloud tools are being widely implemented in an attempt to assist students' reading comprehension skills. Read-aloud software, including text-to-speech, is used to translate written text into spoken text, enabling one to listen to written text while reading along. It is not clear how eff...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Wood SG,Moxley JH,Tighe EL,Wagner RK

更新日期：2018-01-01 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 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 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：:This study presents a longitudinal examination of the development of reading and reading-related skills of 22 Grade 4 children identified as having reading disabilities (RD) who had been followed since kindergarten. The analyses were conducted to investigate the patterns of emergence of RD as well as reading ability a...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Lipka O,Lesaux NK,Siegel LS

更新日期：2006-07-01 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