Visual discrimination deficits of reading-disabled children: Sex artifact?
Lahey, Benjamin; Lefton, Lester; Sperduto, Gary; Beggs, Vicki
Several theorists have suggested that deficits in visual discrimination play an etiological role in the development of reading deficits in children who are diagnosed as learning-disabled. Supporting this theory, a number of studies have shown that disabled readers make more errors on visual...
Proposed markers in learning disabilities research
Keogh, Barbara; Major, Susan; Omori, Hisako; Gándara, Patricia; Reid, Helen
Haywood, H.
Behavioral comparisons of hyperactive and normally active children in natural settings
Matched pairs of hyperactive and normally active children were observed in six natural classroom settings and a number of specific behaviors continuously recorded. Both groups of children showed differences in behavior as a function of settings (selected to vary in amount of external stimulation...
Toward operationalizing a psychoeducational definition of learning disabilities
Schere, Richard; Richardson, Ellis; Bialer, Irv
An operational definition of “learning disabilities” is presented from the standpoint that classificatory psychoeducational definitions must ultimately relate to educational processes. Thus the condition should be described in terms of abilities crucial to educational achievement, and...
Visual and auditory selective attention and reflection-impulsivity in normal and learning-disabled boys at two age levels
Quay, Lorene; Weld, Gary
Selective attention to visual and auditory stimuli and reflection-impulsivity were studied in normal and learning-disabled 8- and 12-year-old boys. Multivariate analyses, followed by univariate and paired-comparison tests, indicated that the normal children increased in selective attention...
Patterns of intellectual ability in children with verbal deficits
Richman, Lynn; Lindgren, Scott
Patterns of intellectual ability were examined in 81 children with verbal deficits identified by a Low Verbal/High Performance WISC profile. The results of verbal and nonverbal tests of intellectual functioning were factor-analyzed, and three groups of children were defined based on patterns of...
Cognitive education for learning-disabled adolescents
Arbitman-Smith, Ruth; Haywood, H.
The prevalence of learning disabilities in a sample of children considered hyperactive
Lambert, Nadine; Sandoval, Jonathan