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ERIC Number: EJ358715
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Chronological Age, Immaturity and the Identification of Learning Disabilities.
Erion, R. Joel
Educational Research Quarterly, v11 n1 p2-7 1986-87
The ages at entrance to school of a group of learning disabled students and a group of systematically selected students were compared. The learning disabled group showed a moderate tendency to be younger than their peers when starting school, indicating their risk of being identified as learning disabled. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Child Development, Elementary Education, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities, School Entrance Age, School Readiness
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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