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ERIC Number: EJ390613
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Toward a Procedure for Minimizing and Detecting False Positive Diagnoses of Learning Disability.
Adelman, Howard S.; And Others
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v22 n4 p234-44 Apr 1989
The study investigated the degree to which a highly motivating computer game learning task could improve the differential diagnosis of adolescent students (N=23) with learning disabilities. Results suggest that a large proportion of students diagnosed as learning disabled are able to learn effectively when highly motivated. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Computer Assisted Testing, Games, Handicap Identification, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Secondary Education, Student Evaluation, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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