The relationship between performance in mathematics and the understanding of mathematical text is examined in the case of students who have to learn the discipline in a language which is not their mother tongue. No correlation between performance and text understanding was found. (MN)

Available from: American Association for the Education of the Severely/Profoundly Handicapped, 1600 West Armory Way, Seattle, Washington 98119.

Follow-up of 34 pupils (age range 6-22 originally) who had attended a university-sponsored tutoring program 5 years earlier is discussed in terms of persistence and nature of the problems, and characteristics of subgroups including graduates from academic high school programs, graduates from non-academic programs, drop-outs, and a reportedly…

The parents of a severely asthmatic junior high school student with learning problems seek counseling concerning marital problems, conflicting approaches to child rearing, and their child's educational needs. (DB)

This article describes prevention and treatment factors that can assist rural students at risk for learning difficulties to develop self-esteem and lead useful lives. Factors include social change, teacher education, community-business-school partnerships, family involvement, community education, interdisciplinary approaches to assessment, school…

Arguments supporting the conceptual validity of learning disabilities are presented against the background of current definitional problems. The need to differentiate between classification and identification and the importance of a shared attribute definition are stressed. It is argued that a taxonomy of learning disabilities and related…

Evaluated the psychoeducational reports of children (N=205) who were referred to the University of California at Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Hospital for evaluation of academic achievement problems. Identified a medical factor, a school history factor, and a family factor. Found that the variable that allowed for the greatest accuracy in…

Discusses a group intervention for college freshmen who are academic underachievers. Notes that the intervention also serves the purpose of training beginning, graduate-level group counselors. (Author/KS)

Junior high school students (N=243) identified as gifted, general, or having special learning needs completed the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale and the School Attitude Measure in September and May of one academic year. Gifted students tended to score highest on both academic and social self-concept, while students with special needs scored lowest…

Describes an introductory activity called educational oral history which was designed to improve communications between teachers and disadvantaged students in an integrated basic course in reading and writing. Concludes the project also raised students' pride and ability to comprehend and participate in the course. (SD)

A study involving 63 third graders revealed that the Wide Range Achievement Test gives higher grade equivalent scores than the Test of Written Spelling and that Canadian and American norms were incongruent. Spelling error analysis suggested that the visual image should be a primary focus for both third-grade and remedial students. (CL)

Focuses on consulting with teachers about using school-based interventions for control and prevention of learning and adjustment problems. Describes four factors that have been linked to teachers' decisions to utilize and to continue utilizing an intervention: effectiveness, time and resources required, theoretical orientation of the intervention,…

Requirements for assessment under Public Law 94-142, the development of an Individualized Education Program for each handicapped child, the least restrictive environment, handicapping conditions, implementation procedures, diagnostic teaching strategies and learning conditions, teaching ideas, and a format for diagnostic interviews are each…

The keyword and pegword methods, related mnemonic strategies to improve performance in encoding and retrieving factual information, are described as effective procedures for helping special education and remedial students increase their learning and memory skills. (JW)

Investigated the reliability of the McCarthy Screening Test (MST) from a criterion-referenced standpoint, using a sample of 1,323 children. Suggested that dependability indices be adopted for clinical instruments such as the MST. (JAC)