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ERIC Number: EJ636981
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
IKSWAL: Interesting Kids Saddled with Alienating Labels.
Armstrong, Thomas
Educational Leadership, v59 n3 p38-41 Nov 2001
Suggests that many students identified as learning disabled may have normal brains but learn differently, thus educators should stop stigmatizing these students with the term "learning disabled." Advocates the abandonment of standardized tests that are used to label students for alternative, nonquantitative assessment methods. (Contains 13 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Neurological Impairments
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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