Described is the confluent instructional approach by which students in learning disabled and gifted classes participated in combined ecology studies. It is explained that teachers determined areas of study for each group, the needs of the students, and scheduling matters. In addition to content learning, students are said to have improved peer…

This bibliography lists readings that will help reading specialists and learning-disabilities specialists learn about one another's disciplines. Readings are grouped in six categories: overview of the controversy; labels and services; language, linguistics, and reading; cognition and reading; tools for identifying learning or reading problems; and…

Discussed are normal and abnormal mechanisms of learning observed in the learning disabled child and associated educational implications. (DB)

The Archway School in Brooklyn, New York, has developed a work study program for non-college-potential learning disabled students 17-years-old and older which stresses development of readily employable office and industrial skills. (DB)

Suggestive techniques were successfully used to improve the reading attitude and performance of a reluctant reader. (DB)

Evaluated were the learning abilities and general adjustment of 50 5- to 14-year-old children who had pyloric stenosis (an easily correctable condition of starvation) in infancy. (CL)

Findings suggest that impairment in sustained attention is associated with difficulty in learning in second grade children and that such impairment can be identified at an earlier age, and in children with less marked academic underachievement than is commonly believed. (EVH)

The case of a 15-year-old special education student with academic learning disabilities but adequate social skills, is cited as evidence that teachers can develop effective vocational programs at their schools. (GW)

The study compared the characteristics of human figures drawn by 103 normal, 101 learning disabled, 114 educable or trainable mentally retarded, 61 emotionally disturbed, and 67 gifted adolescents. Results showed that of the 22 scoring categories, characteristics unique to specific groups were obtained in six categories, while shared…

The present study attempted to identify factors associated with memory deficits in 36 learning disabled and 36 normal children in grades 3 and 5. Ss were given free and serial recall tasks and interviewed about their understanding of memory processes. Deficits in the recall of the learning disabled children were found, as expected. Examination of…