Although indexes of scatter on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised computed for 100 learning disabled (LD) elementary children were significantly greater than values previously reported for the normal standardized sample, the substantial overlap suggests the inadvisability of continuing the search for a characteristic LD profile.…

The verbal performance IQ discrepancy and indexes of subtest scatter for 434 reading disabled children (7 to 10 years old) were significantly larger than values for the normal standardization sample, but the mean differences were not large enough to be meaningful in a practical sense. (CL)

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised scores of a male delinquent sample were grouped by A. Bannatyne's classification of Wechsler's subtests, and these recategorized scores were compared with results of a previous study of learning disabled children. Findings failed to support a theory that learning disabled youth possess a unique…

The study examined the use of A. Bannatyne's Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) subtest score recategorization hierarchy in identifying elementary students with learning disabilities (LD). The results indicated that Bannatyne's pattern was of little value in differentiating between LD students and nonLD students and, if…

The paper reviews Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised research that has particular pertinence for the assessment of learning disabilities (LD). Three topics are treated in-depth: factor analysis investigations, recategorization of subtests into Bannatyne's four groupings, and interscale/intrascale scatter. (Author)

Learning problem children older than 9 (N=132) completed the Self-Administered Student Profile, a test consisting of quotations gathered from children with learning disorders. Analysis indicated that the school and the child were more often in agreement than any other two data sources (including parents and the clinic team). (CL)

Traditional methods of integrating special education research (such as narrative reviews and box score analyses) are described, and the procedures involved in meta-analysis, by which findings from previous studies are systematically synthesized, are detailed. Benefits of this approach are noted. (CL)

Meta-analysis of findings from 106 studies on the relationship of auditory perceptual skills to reading ability indicated that auditory perception is an important correlate of reading achievement, depending upon the combination of auditory and reading variables considered. (Author)

The author considers possible educational changes in serving learning disabled students and cites opinions of others such as P. Daniels, who advocates return to self-contained classrooms, and J. Goodlad, who suggests that schools are trying to do too much. (CL)

A comparison study involving 50 second-through-fifth graders was designed to analyze the relationships between the incidence of visual abnormalities and high and low academic achievement. Data suggested that children with deficient visual skills may experience greater problems academically. (SBH)

The use of instructional expedients, practices (such as grading) that are distinct from learning objectives but help to implement those objectives, is discussed, particularly as it relates to language instruction. (SBH)

Poor performance on the search task, which differentiated the clinical groups from the normal group but not from one another, was associated across groups with adverse conduct ratings, lower achievement, and lower scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) Arithmetic, Coding, Information, Digit Span (ACID) subtests. (Author)

An intervening variable between perceptual deficits and academic learning--verbal mediation processes--is explored. Research reviewed, primarily that of A. Luria, leads to the conclusion that verbal mediational processes can compensate for perceptual learning process deficits. Relevant teaching applications are discussed. (Author)

The resource room intervention was effective for increasing reading rates of LD children but the increased rates did not appear to be maintained in the regular classrooms. The group with the shortest stay in the resource room made significantly greater rate gains during treatment and continued during follow-up to learn at a higher rate. (Author)

Thirty-four children (6 to 7 and 10 to 11 years old) diagnosed as brain injured and enrolled in a school for brain injured children and 40 children in regular classes took part in a study of variability and instability in perceptual and reading functions. (Author/SBH)