The study was designed to determine if there exists a significant difference in the right-left labeling ability of 15 learning disabled students as compared to 15 regular classroom students at the fourth grade level. Ss were tested for lateral awareness and directionality. Results supported the hypothesis that there exists a significant difference…

Results of the study indicated that LD and normal children (mean age 111.4 months) process letters in words in either perceptual or imaginal modes for the attribute letter height. (Author)

A study of 30 normal and poor readers tested the hypothesis that reading disabled children's failure to apply effective strategies to rote-memory tasks is related to their lack of reflective knowledge about memory and their disorganized approach to cognitive tasks. Findings supported the view that many children fail to read well because they do…

Moderately and severely learning disabled boys were evaluated in terms of constructs of reflection-impulsivity and field dependence-independence, which concerns cognitive style and whether one is able to perceive and utilize discrete elements of his perceptual field. (KW)

The effect of focused or preorganized instruction on the mental operations of 64 learning disabled (LD) children (8 to 12 years old) was examined. Results indicated focused instruction had a positive effect on cognitive functioning. (Author)

The study involving 60 learning disabled (LD) children (7-10 years old) was designed to determine if LD children go beyond the given information when trying to understand and remember sentences, i.e., do they spontaneously construct inferential relationships like adults and other children, or do they attend to and rehearse individual sentences of…

A four part survey involving 30 learning disabled (LD) adults was undertaken to investigate Ss' attitudes toward being LD, toward best sources of help, toward cause of disability, and thinking styles. Among findings were that help from other LD people was considered the best source of help, that half the group attributed the LD problem to a…

Performances of 12 hyperactive learning disabled (LD) boys and 12 non-hyperactive LD boys were compared with two groups of 12 normal control boys (6-11 years old) on a visual search task. Ss were asked to locate a target letter appearing within an array of randomly selected letters during cued and non-cued trials. Results indicated that in the…

A heterogeneous group of 60 learning disabled children (mean age=128.8 months) and a relatively homogeneous group (mean age=111.07 months) having specific reading deficits (n=58) were compared with normal children in two studies. (Author)

The article examines reasons for discrepant findings in two studies of attention differences in learning disabled students, focusing on four interacting factors in experimental research: task, materials, context, and subject characteristics. It is suggested that attentional deficits are not necessarily the underlying problem for all students with…

Apparent inconsistencies in the study of attention problems are not a function of the data, but of the belief system that underlies and guides data interpretation. Attention problems are more accurately viewed as a symptom of a more fundamental cognitive limitation, rather than the primary source of underachievement or learning problems.…