Using a lexical decision task, the effects of frequency and number of meanings show that different patterns of results emerge for fast and slow readers. For fast readers there are general effects of both frequency and numbers of meanings; for slow readers the effects are considerably attenuated. (Author/CM)

Reports a follow-up study designed to examine the question of cause and effect in the commonly observed association of poor learning with behavior disturbance. Concludes with a discussion of the implications for early diagnosis and treatment of maladjusted behavior in school. (CT)

Tested the effectiveness of a cognitive control approach in the treatment of special education learning handicapped children. Employed a pretest-posttest design, using a special education treatment group, a special education control group, and a regular class comparison group. The special education treatment group made significant gains. (Author)

This study covers 11-year-olds, school leavers, student nursery nurses, and bus conductor trainees, and their understanding of subtraction, and whether shortcomings in understanding and performance that occurred at ages six or seven would continue in later years and affect feelings toward the subject. (MP)

Presented is a study that underscores the extent to which students do not understand the use or meaning of letters in equations. (MP)

Presents a critical overview of educational screening devices and the means by which they should be judged. Topics discussed include estimates regarding the extent to which school readiness tests are used, objectives of screening, effectiveness of educational screening, defining the at-risk population, measurement problems, and measures for…

The Learning and Diagnostic Centre provides the following services: a remedial clinic program, academic assessment and programing services, and an assessment unit. (DLS)

The learning and social problems created by nondetection of hearing difficulties in young children are elaborated upon. (LH)

A case study of a 10-year-old boy with poor performance in language and math investigated whether increasing on task behavior in one subject area will increase on task behavior in another area. Results indicated that increasing on task behavior in one curriculum area does not necessarily generalize to another area. (PHR)

The article, the sixth in a series discussing specific tests of the Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude (DTLA), deals with verbal opposites (word meanings in isolation) and verbal absurdities (word meanings in context). (DLS)

If institutions of higher learning have admissions standards that admit the academically-disadvantaged student, then those same institutions should provide programs to assist the enrollee to be academically successful. The author cites an investigation made at Oklahoma State University, showing a significant relationship between provisional…

The article discusses different types of failure in mathematics and relates them to the problem of learning disability, and presents and examines specific data on the attainments and characteristics of learning disabled children. (DLS)

Suggests that the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH) be revised to incorporate a notion of degree of difficulty which corresponds to the notion of typological markedness. (Author/CFM)

Describes an investigation undertaken by the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) in four areas designated as having special difficulties. The problems faced by the schools are outlined, together with the various innovations and methods employed by the schools to deal with them. (Author)