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Selection of Subjects in Research on Learning Disabilities: A View from the Social Side.
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Bryan, Tanis – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
The selection of subjects for research on learning disabilities is a function of contemporary notions about learning disabilities, the purpose of the study and level of knowledge about the topic, and practical constraints. Denigrations of the extant research database, along with unaffordable demands for subject selection and descriptions, threaten…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Learning Disabilities, Participant Characteristics, Research Design
Reflections on a Research Career: It Ain't Over till It's Over.
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Bryan, Tanis – Exceptional Children, 1999
The author, the 1996 winner of the Council for Exceptional Children Research Award, reviews trends in research and changes in special education over the past 25 years. Emphasis is on the continued need for research on learning disabilities and ways to ensure that research findings are translated into practice. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
The Social Competence of Students with Learning Disabilities over Time: A Response to Vaughn and Hogan.
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Bryan, Tanis – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This response to Vaughn and Hogan (EC 608 627), who reported a longitudinal study on the social competence of 10 children with learning disabilities, looks at problems in doing longitudinal research; the influence of environmental factors; and developmental issues. Possible interventions with children having consistent social problems are noted.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Friendship
The Applicability of the Risk and Resilience Model to Social Problems of Students with Learning Disabilities: Response to Bernice Wong.
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Bryan, Tanis – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2003
In response to a paper on risk and resilience models in learning disabilities research, this article suggests two factors that render this framework appealing to special education researchers: its optimistic empowering nature as the trainability of identified resilience factors is assumed and its emphasis on factors external to the individual that…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities