Russian "defectology": anticipating Perestroika in the field.

abstract：:Although dyslexia runs in families, several putative risk factors that cannot be immediately identified as genetic predict reading disability. Published studies analyzed one or a few risk factors at a time, with relatively inconsistent results. To assess the contribution of several putative risk factors to the develop...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Mascheretti S,Marino C,Simone D,Quadrelli E,Riva V,Cellino MR,Maziade M,Brombin C,Battaglia M

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：: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：:Recent research suggests that most 4-year college students diagnosed with specific learning disability (SLD) do not meet objective criteria for the disorder, show normative deficits in academic skills, or have childhood histories of SLD. The purpose of this study was to examine the functioning of students diagnosed wi...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Weis R,Speridakos EC,Ludwig K

更新日期：2014-11-01 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 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:This article focuses on some of the linguistic components that underlie letter-sound decoding skills and reading comprehension: specifically phonology, morphology, and syntax. Many children who have reading difficulties had language deficits that were detectable before they began reading. Early identification of langu...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： van der Lely HK,Marshall CR

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：: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：: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：:The genetic and environmental etiologies of 3 aspects of low mathematical performance (math disability) and the full range of variability (math ability) were compared for boys and girls in a sample of 5,348 children age 10 years (members of 2,674 pairs of same-sex and opposite-sex twins) from the United Kingdom (UK). ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Kovas Y,Haworth CM,Petrill SA,Plomin R

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Although there is a growing body of information, materials, and instructional strategies for adults with learning disabilities receiving remedial reading instruction, the same is not available for other areas of Adult Basic Education, including remedial math, sixth-through eight-grade-level pre-GED basic skills, and s...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Westberry SJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：:The hospital-reported incidence of mild head injury among children indicates a prevalence of 2% to 3% in high-school-aged adolescents (14 to 18 years). Yet, our survey of 616 high school adolescents suggests that light and mild head injury (not necessarily leading to hospital admission) is almost 10 times this level. ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Segalowitz SJ,Brown D

更新日期：1991-11-01 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 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：: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：:The nature of visual and auditory coding processes in students with learning disabilities (SLDs) and student controls (SCs) was examined with a letter-matching task on four types of successively presented letter pairs: identical (A,A), visually confusable (P,R), auditorily confusable (F,S), and neither visually nor au...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Hardy BW,McIntyre CW,Brown AS,North AJ

更新日期：1989-12-01 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