An Instructional-Based Model for Assessing Learning Disabilities.

Humphries, Thomas W.; Wilson, Anne Keeton

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Publication Date: 1986

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An Instructional-Based Model for Assessing Learning Disabilities.

Humphries, Thomas W.; Wilson, Anne Keeton

Canadian Journal of Special Education, v2 n1 p55-66 1986

Overreliance on test-based assessment of learning disabilities can produce diagnostic results of questionable validity and prove stigmatizing for the child. An instructional-based model focuses on evaluation of the child's response to teaching. Observation and analysis of the student's reaction yeilds results that are more readily translatable into practical remedial methods. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Teaching, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Models, Student Reaction, Teacher Role

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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