Researchers and advocates who argue for increased recognition of gifted students with learning disabilities (G/LD students) often frame their arguments in terms of the need to increase the diversity and inclusiveness of gifted education. However, the criteria used to identify G/LD students are sufficiently vague and fluid that the G/LD category…

One-hundred and sixty-four Black, White, and Latino children (7-15years old) with possible learning disabilities were administered the WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children) and the WISC-R (Revised) to examine the similarity in the amount of subtest scatter equivalence of meaning, and degree of equivalent diagnosis between the two tests.

Current diagnostic and labeling practices were studied with 26 children with learning disabilities and other learning handicaps. (Author/DLS)

Compared were the characteristics of 60 learning disabled (LD) and 60 normal children (all between 8- and 11-years-old) participating in the Georgia Reading Research Program. The target group consisted of LD children who showed deficits in the psychological process of ordering/sequencing; while the LD reference group were average or above average…

Tested with the Stanford-Binet Scale of Intelligence were 70 children, aged 3- to 5-years with IQ's from 75 to 145, to determine whether the test could serve as a diagnostic tool for identifying learning disabilities (LD) in preschool children. It was hypothesized that LD children would have a basal age no more than two levels below chronological…

The study compared the performance of 20 normal-reading and 20 reading-impaired children (8-11 years old) using time-compressed three- and five-word sentential approximations to full grammaticality, and the Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification test presented with and without pictures. (Author)

Survey data from five school system coordinators of special education in Alabama indicate incongruity between the criteria for identification of learning disabled adolescents proposed by J. Lee Wiederholt (1975) and the observed characteristics of 161 students, grade 7 through 12, already identified as learning disabled. (JG)

It is suggested that procedures for the assessment of learning disabilities incorporate measures of extrinsic motivation in order to differentiate students with learning disabilities from those who perform poorly because of low intrinsic motivation. (Author)

A battery of 15 tests (four visual, four auditory, four tactile-kinesthetic, and three intersensory) were administered to 109 normally developing (6-8 year old) and 32 learning disabled (6-11 year old) children. (Author/SBH)

A comparison study involving 50 second-through-fifth graders was designed to analyze the relationships between the incidence of visual abnormalities and high and low academic achievement. Data suggested that children with deficient visual skills may experience greater problems academically. (SBH)

Children with vestibular (inner ear) disorders and related postural disturbances constitute a large segment of the population described as learning disabled. (Author/DB)