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Peer reviewedFeuerstein, Reuven; And Others – Special Services in the Schools, 1986
The article describes the foundations and uses of learning potential assessment, a method to assist in identifying low functioning students with capacity for greater achievement. Case studies of the use of the Learning Potential Assessment Device in Israel are presented. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewedKatz, Michael A.; Buchholz, Ester S. – School Psychology Review, 1984
The viability of utilizing the Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD) and related mediational procedures was explored for use with a deaf child. This instrument might be utilized to provide comprehensive assessment information leading to a reclassification of intelligence level and to specific and prescriptive educational recommendations for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Measurement, Deafness, Educational Diagnosis
Use of the Learning Potential Assessment Device in Assessment and Remediation of a Learning Problem.
Skuy, Mervyn; And Others – 1987
A case study was undertaken of an 11-year-old Israeli girl of above average intelligence but manifesting specific learning disabilities in mathematics and related areas. The Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD), a measure to identify cognitive deficiencies and strengths and suggest mediation or intervention procedures to alleviate or…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Emotional Problems
Hirsch, Judi – 1989
Schools must change, if more working class and minority children are to succeed in college. Reuven Feuerstein (1979, 1980) was given the task of assessing youth who arrived in Israel after World War II. Many scored so poorly on intelligence tests that they were thought to require custodial care. Feuerstein developed a method of mediated…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, College Students
