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A Sociocultural Perspective on Learning and Learning Disabilities.
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Keogh, Barbara K.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1997
Discusses the use of a sociocultural perspective on learning and learning disabilities for understanding learning problems within culturally diverse groups. Reviews assumptions about ethnicity and culture (supposed homogeneity within cultures) and describes ways to distinguish ethnicity and culture. Discusses implications for assessment,…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Disability Identification
Intelligent Testing and the Discrepancy Model for Children with Learning Disabilities.
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Fletcher, Jack M.; Francis, David J.; Shaywitz, Sally E.; Lyon, G. Reid; Foorman, Barbara R.; Stuebing, Karla K.; Shaywitz, Bennett A. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
Reviews the historical basis and rationale for identifying children as learning disabled due to a discrepancy between scores on measures of intelligence and achievement. Discusses the validity of such classifications and the role of IQ testing in the designation of children as learning disabled for research and public policy. Alternative…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification
Alternative Diagnostic Approaches for Specific Developmental Reading Disabilities.
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Torgesen, Joseph K.; Wagner, Richard K. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
Summarizes recent studies identifying specific linguistic-cognitive markers for reading disabilities and describes efforts to develop measures of these markers in the areas of phonological awareness, rapid automatic naming, and verbal short-term memory. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Decoding (Reading), Disability Identification, Dyslexia