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The Regression-Based Discrepancy Definition of Learning Disability: A Critical Appraisal
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Cahan, Sorel; Fono, Dafna; Nirel, Ronit – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
The regression-based discrepancy definition of learning disabilities has been suggested by Rutter and Yule as an improvement of the well-known and much criticized achievement-intelligence discrepancy definition, whereby the examinee's predicted reading attainment is substituted for the intelligence score in the discrepancy expression. Even though…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Learning Disabilities, Predictive Validity, Definitions
Assessing College-Level Learning Difficulties and "At Riskness" for Learning Disabilities and ADHD: Development and Validation of the Learning Difficulties Assessment
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Kane, Steven T.; Walker, John H.; Schmidt, George R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
This article describes the development and validation of the "Learning Difficulties Assessment" (LDA), a normed and web-based survey that assesses perceived difficulties with reading, writing, spelling, mathematics, listening, concentration, memory, organizational skills, sense of control, and anxiety in college students. The LDA is designed to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, College Students, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities
Deconstructing Barriers: Perceptions of Students Labeled with Learning Disabilities in Higher Education
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Denhart, Hazel – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
This phenomenological study investigated barriers to higher education faced by 11 college students labeled with learning disabilities (LD) using their voice as the primary data. Data were analyzed and interpreted through a disability theory perspective revealing barriers stemmed largely from external social causes rather than individual pathology.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Barriers, Labeling (of Persons)
Individual Differences in the Self-Image of Adolescents with Learning Disabilities: The Roles of Severity, Time of Diagnosis, and Parental Perceptions.
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Raviv, Dorit; Stone, C. Addison – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
This study found that 49 adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) scored lower than 49 normally achieving peers on a self-image questionnaire. Later-diagnosed adolescents with LD scored higher than early diagnosed adolescents. LD severity was not related to self-image. Moderate relationships were found between parents' perceptions and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Handicap Identification, Individual Differences, Learning Disabilities
The Importance of a Sociological Perspective Towards Learning Disabilities
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Kronick, Doreen – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1976
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Identification