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Subtypes of Mathematics Disability: A New Classification Method Based on Cognitive Diagnostic Models and Their Cognitive-Linguistic Correlates
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Xiangzi Ouyang; Xiao Zhang; Qiusi Zhang; Jimmy de la Torre; Shirong Min – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
This study aims to classify subtypes of mathematics disability (MD) using a novel classification method, cognitive diagnostic models (CDMs), and examine whether domain-general skills, namely, linguistic, working memory, and spatial skills, were related to the identification of the subtypes. Participants were 454 children (246 boys; age: M ± SD =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Mathematics, Grade 2
Comparing Math LD Diagnostic Rates Obtained Using LDAC and "DSM-5" Criteria: Implications for the Field
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Schroeder, Meadow; Drefs, Michelle A.; Zwiers, Michael – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2020
Within the Canadian context, the two major learning disability classification systems are arguably the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" and the Learning Disabilities Association (LDAC) of Canada's "Official Definition of Learning Disabilities." Several of the more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Clinical Diagnosis
Identifying Learning Disabilities through a Cognitive Deficit Framework: Can Verbal Memory Deficits Explain Similarities between Learning Disabled and Low Achieving Students?
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Callinan, Sarah; Theiler, Stephen; Cunningham, Everarda – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
Traditionally, students with learning disabilities (LD) have been identified using an aptitude--achievement discrepancy or response to intervention approach. As profiles of the cognitive deficits of discrepancy-defined students with LD have already been developed using these approaches, these deficits can in turn be used to identify LD using the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Low Achievement, Cognitive Tests
Detecting Children with Arithmetic Disabilities from Kindergarten: Evidence from a 3-Year Longitudinal Study on the Role of Preparatory Arithmetic Abilities
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Stock, Pieter; Desoete, Annemie; Roeyers, Herbert – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
In a 3-year longitudinal study, 471 children were classified, based on their performances on arithmetic tests in first and second grade, as having persistent arithmetic disabilities (AD), persistent low achieving (LA), persistent typical achieving, inconsistent arithmetic disabilities (DF1), or inconsistent low achieving in arithmetic. Significant…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Arithmetic, Learning Disabilities, Age Differences
Hyperactivity in a Sample of Omani Schoolboys
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Al-Sharbati, Marwan; Al-Adawi, Samir; Ganguly, Shyam; Al-Lawatiya, Salwa; Al-Mshefri, Faysal – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2008
Objective: There is a dearth of cross-cultural research on hyperactivity. This article aims to quantify the prevalence of hyperactivity in schoolboys residing in an Arab/Islamic country, Oman. Method: 1,502 Omani schoolboys from eight randomly selected schools representing the urban population of Oman were screened for various indices of…
Descriptors: Siblings, Incidence, Hyperactivity, Behavior Disorders
Human Rights of Children with Learning Disabilities: Meeting Needs and Preventing Failure
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McNamara, John K. – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2006
In Canada over the past two decades many legal disputes have arisen concerning education for children with learning disabilities. Most often these disputes are concerned with equal access for children with disabilities and centre on the notion of appropriate education. Issues concerning equal access to appropriate education have a long history and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prevention, Learning Disabilities, Civil Rights