Paradigms Lost: Learning Disabilities and the New Ghost in the Old Machine.

Carnine, Douglas; Woodward, John

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Publication Date: 1988

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Paradigms Lost: Learning Disabilities and the New Ghost in the Old Machine.

Carnine, Douglas; Woodward, John

Journal of Learning Disabilities, v21 n4 p233-36 Apr 1988

This critique of H. Lee Swanson's "Toward a Metatheory of Learning Disabilities" comments on Swanson's concept of learning disabilities, cognitive science, and information processing theory. A different research and theory-building agenda is proposed, focusing on society's definition of learning disabilities and instructional issues and using curriculum design as an example. (JDD)

Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Definitions, Educational Theories, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Research Needs, Research Problems, Research Utilization, Social Influences, Social Values, Theory Practice Relationship

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Audience: Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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