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Cognitive Processing Deficits and Students with Specific Learning Disabilities: A Selective Meta-Analysis of the Literature

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Johnson, Evelyn S.; Humphrey, Michael; Mellard, Daryl F.; Woods, Kari; Swanson, H. Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2010

Many practitioners and state education agency staff would likely agree that the accuracy and consistency of specific learning disability (SLD) eligibility decisions is in need of improvement. One component of the SLD definition particularly controversial in the identification procedures is the evaluation of cognitive processes, primarily due to a…

Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Eligibility, Disability Identification, Cognitive Processes

Inclusion of Intrinsic Processing Difficulties in LD Diagnostic Models: A Critical Review.

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Dean, Vincent J.; Burns, Matthew K. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002

The use of the processing component for learning disabilities (LD) definitions is discussed by examining its theoretical basis, large-scale implementation, and researched classroom effectiveness. Results indicate the processing definition of LD does not differentiate students with LD from low achievers, is inconsistently implemented, and does not…

Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Definitions

Empirical and Theoretical Support for Direct Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities by Assessment of Intrinsic Processing Weaknesses. Executive Summary.

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Torgesen, Joseph K. – 2001

This paper proposes an approach to diagnosing learning disabilities that measures the intrinsic processing or capacity weaknesses that are presumed to underlie academic performance problems. This approach is contrasted with the "diagnosis by exclusion" method currently used. The paper discusses: (1) a definition of intrinsic processes with…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Definitions