An item response theory analysis of the Conners Teacher's Rating Scale.

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：: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 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：: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 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 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：: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：: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：:Some previous research has shown strong associations between spelling ability and rapid automatic naming (RAN) after controls for phonological processing and nonsense-word reading ability, consistent with the double-deficit hypothesis in reading and spelling. Previous studies did not, however, control for nonsense-wor...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Savage R,Pillay V,Melidona S

更新日期：2008-05-01 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 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：: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：: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：:The British Psychological Society is the only national organization of psychologists within the United Kingdom representing all aspects of psychology and all subspecialisms within psychology. It is both a learned scientific society and a professional association. To address the concept of attention-deficit/hyperactivi...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Reason R,Working Party of the British Psychological Society.

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of research that uses behavioral, electroencephalographic, and/or magnetoencephalographic methods to investigate auditory processing deficits in individuals with dyslexia is presented. Findings show that measures of frequency, rise time, and duration discrimination as well as amplitude modulation and frequenc...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Hämäläinen JA,Salminen HK,Leppänen PH

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：: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：:This study examines faculty and student perceptions regarding university students with learning disabilities, sensitivity to such students' special needs, accommodations, and the perceived impact of a learning disability. Results reveal a general sensitivity to the special needs of students with learning disabilities;...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Houck CK,Asselin SB,Troutman GC,Arrington JM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we consider issues relevant to the future of mathematics instruction and achievement for students with learning disabilities. The starting point for envisioning the future is the changing standards for mathematics learning and basic mathematical literacy. We argue that the shift from behaviorist learni...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Goldman SR,Hasselbring TS

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：: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：:The effects of an intervention designed to enhance students' roles as control agents for strategic functioning were investigated. The goal was to increase the ability of students labeled learning disabled to generate new strategies or adapt existing task-specific strategies for meeting varying demands of the regular c...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Ellis ES,Deshler DD,Schumaker JB

更新日期：1989-02-01 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：: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：:Most research on early identification of reading disabilities has focused on word reading problems and little attention has been given to reading comprehension difficulties. In this study, we investigated whether measures of language ability and/or response to language intervention in kindergarten uniquely predicted r...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Catts HW,Nielsen DC,Bridges MS,Liu YS

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Researchers of mathematics learning disability (MLD) commonly use cutoff scores to determine which participants have MLD. Some researchers apply more restrictive cutoffs than others (e.g., performance below the 10th vs. below the 35th percentile). Different cutoffs may lead to groups of children that differ in their p...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Murphy MM,Mazzocco MM,Hanich LB,Early MC

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade, there has been an enormous increase in the number of studies evaluating the overlap of developmental syndromes or disorders in both children and adults. This overlap of symptoms is often referred to as comorbidity, a term we criticize in this article because of its unsubstantiated presumption of ...

journal_title：Journal of learning disabilities

authors： Kaplan BJ,Dewey DM,Crawford SG,Wilson BN

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：: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