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| Journal of Learning… | 1 |
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Peer reviewedNichols, E. G.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The study of 813 learning disabled children (ages 6-11) with test-retest data (after three years) on 224 children found the children to suffer a progressive deterioration in verbal ability whereas their nonverbal ability showed an increase in the earlier years, leveling off thereafter. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities
