Learning Disability, Inferential Skills, and Postfailure Reflectivity.

Shafrir, Uri; And Others

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Publication Date: 1990

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Learning Disability, Inferential Skills, and Postfailure Reflectivity.

Shafrir, Uri; And Others

Journal of Learning Disabilities, v23 n8 p506-13,517 Oct 1990

This study found that 33 children (ages 7-16) with learning disabilities were deficient in their inferential skills compared to normally achieving children but were not deficient in the metacognitive skill of paying attention to errors. Results also indicated that LD children do not constitute a homogeneous group. (JDD)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attention, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Correction, Inferences, Learning Disabilities, Metacognition, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills

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Language: English

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