Investigated were the effects of reinforcement contingencies in two different arithmetic situations--acquisition and proficiency with seven 8-11 year-old learning disabled boys. (Author/DB)

Students in a high school biology course were assigned to an audio-tutorial instruction group or a group classroom situation for a three-week instructional unit. For each group scores on a unit test were correlated with scores on standardized tests. (SD)

Described is a creative writing approach to enhance ease of self expression and feelings of self confidence in 8- to 13-year-old learning disabled children. (CL)

The author discusses the role of speech and hearing specialists in dealing with language disordered children, and considers the uses and limitations of language tests. (LS)

Evaluated was the effectiveness of a perceptual motor training program with 295 5- and 6-year-old children who were either in the experimental remedial program or a contrast group. (DB)

Evaluated with 25 learning disabled (LD) and 25 non LD elementary level children was the Bayesian method to screen children for possible LD, an approach which uses the aggregation of data--objective test scores related to likelihood ratios and a known prior odds ratio. (Author/DB)

Article investigated perceptual-motor areas, as they are related to music activities. (RK)

An investigation of performance on a standardized test of self concept with matched samples of normal and retarded readers. Self concept test performance was found to be significantly and negatively related to age, school grade and each measure of achievement. (Author/SDH)

The purpose of this article is to help the classroom teacher recognize the child with learning disabilities and to present a teaching philosophy conducive to optimium learning for most children and the LD child in particular. (Author/RK)

The paper examines issues concerned with the incidence of visual perceptual learning disabilities among deaf and partially hearing children. Evidence indicating a high incidence (15.5 percent of 682 deaf students) of visual perceptual deficits is offered, as is a definition of visual perception. The impact of visual perceptual deficits on…