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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Raskind, Marshall H.; Margalit, Malka; Higgins, Eleanor L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2006
This study examined children's presentations of the "LD experience" as expressed in online messages on a public website designed for children with learning and attention problems. Earlier research has demonstrated that children view the Internet as a social medium that enables communication and promotes personal relationships. In the current…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Learning Disabilities, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication
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King-Sears, Margaret E.; Boudah, Daniel J.; Goodwin, Marilyn W.; Raskind, Marshall H.; Swanson, H. Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2004
This article presents a synthesis of articles discussed as part of the research symposium at the 25th international conference on learning disabilities by the Council for Learning Disabilities, October 11, 2003. Educators attempting to keep up with the most recent research readily acknowledge that there is too much to read and too little time for…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Educational Research, Teaching Methods, Identification
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Higgins, Eleanor L.; Raskind, Marshall H.; Goldberg, Roberta J.; Herman, Kenneth L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002
Part of a 20-year longitudinal study tracing the lives of 41 individuals with learning disabilities, this report focuses on individual attitudes, emotions, and conceptions related to learning disability. A salient notion emerged from participants' narratives, which they described as "acceptance of the learning disability" and a shared set of…
Descriptors: Adults, Individual Development, Interviews, Learning Disabilities
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Raskind, Marshall H.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
Nonverbal signals during interaction among 37 learning disabled third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade boys with and without social/behavioral problems and among nondisabled boys were analyzed. Examination of videotapes revealed that only one of 31 nonverbal behaviors (body lean) differed significantly between the groups. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Interaction, Learning Disabilities
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Raskind, Marshall H.; Higgins, Eleanor – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
This study investigated effects of speech synthesis on proofreading efficiency among 33 postsecondary students with learning disabilities. Using a speech synthesis system enabled subjects to detect a significantly higher percentage of errors, though having text read aloud by another person remained the most effective way to find…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Efficiency
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Higgins, Eleanor L.; Raskind, Marshall H. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
University students with learning disabilities (n=29) wrote essays either without assistance, using human transcribers, or using a speech recognition system. Students received significantly higher holistic scores using speech recognition than without assistance; text analysis suggests speech recognition may have encouraged the use of longer words.…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Dictation, Higher Education
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Raskind, Marshall H.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
A 1993 symposium was held in Missillac, France, to gather an international panel of experts to promote international dialog and cooperation, identify technologies for enhancing the lives of persons with learning disabilities, and establish research priorities. This article synthesizes key ideas and issues that emerged from individual presentations…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Conferences, Educational Technology, International Cooperation