Learning Disability vs. Reading Disability: A Survey of Practitioners' Diagnostic Populations and Test Instruments.

German, Diane; And Others

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Publication Date: 1985

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Learning Disability vs. Reading Disability: A Survey of Practitioners' Diagnostic Populations and Test Instruments.

German, Diane; And Others

Learning Disability Quarterly, v8 n2 p141-57 Spr 1985

Analysis of questionnaires completed by 345 learning disability and reading resource teachers revealed that reading specialists diagnosed a broad population of students exhibiting many diverse characteristics. LD professionals used a broader diagnostic focus, touching upon intelligence, general achievement, perceptual and motor processes, as well as reading. (CL)

Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulties, Resource Teachers, Test Use

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