Excerpts from The Learning Mystique: A Critical Look at

Coles, Gerald S.

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ERIC Number: EJ392181

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Excerpts from The Learning Mystique: A Critical Look at "Learning Disabilities."

Coles, Gerald S.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, v22 n5 p267-73 May 1989

Key concepts of the book include the lack of evidence supporting the neurological explanation for "learning disabilities," basic flaws in research based on this theory, and an alternative "interactivity" theory which posits that systemic economic, social, and cultural conditions are the principal influences contributing to learning failure. (DB)

Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Learning Disabilities, Learning Theories, Nature Nurture Controversy, Neurological Impairments, Research Needs, Research Problems, Social Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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