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ERIC Number: EJ316962
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Use of Adaptive Behavior and Discrepancy Criteria to Determine Learning Disabilities Severity Subtypes.
Strawser, Sherri; Weller, Carol
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v18 n4 p205-11 Apr 1985
Factor analysis of scores on intelligence, achievement, language, and process assessment measures of 112 elementary learning disabled students revealed three severity subtypes. Results suggested that severity is more appropriately determined by adaptive behavior assessment than by discrepancy between ability and academic or processing performance. (CL)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Discrepancy Measure