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Performance of Learning Disabled High School Students on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)This study examined the performance of 24 LD high school students on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, A total of 29.2/. of the LD subjects ware found to qualify for enlistment in the Army based on the ... -
An Application of Attribution Theory to Developing Self-Esteem in Learning Disabled Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)The study found that LD adolescents did not differ significantly from non-LD adolescents in their esponses to general self esteem and attribution questionnaires. Effort attribution training brought no significant increase ... -
An Observational Study of the Academic and Social Behaviors of Learning Disabled Adolescents in the Regular Classroom
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)This study examined the class performance of LD adolescents and the performance of their peers who are successful participants in the classroom environment . Data from live observations of 47 pairs of students (one LD and ... -
The Current Status of Young Adults Identified as Learning Disabled During Their School Career
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Research efforts in the field of learning disabilities (LD) have addressed primarily concerns within school settings; however, if learning disabilities are more than a school phenomenon, researchers and educators must begin ... -
An Epidemiological Study of Learning Disabled Adolescents in Secondary Schools: Use of Support Systems
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Research results presented in Research Reports 12 through 20 detail findings from this comprehensive epidemiology study conducted during 1979-80 by the Institute. It is important for the reader to study and view each of ... -
An Epidemiological Study of Learning Disabled Adolescents in Secondary Schools: Health and Medical Aspects
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Research results presented in Research Reports 12 through 20 detail findings from this comprehensive epidemiology study conducted during 1979-80 by the Institute. It is important for the reader to study and view each of ... -
An Epidemiological Study of Learning Disabled Adolescents in Secondary Schools: Academic Self-Image and Attribution
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Research results presented in Research Reports 12 through 20 detail findings from this comprehensive epidemiology study conducted during 1979-80 by the Institute. It is important for the reader to study and view each of ... -
Epidemiological Study of Learning Disabled Adolescents in Secondary Schools: Details of the Methodology
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Research results presented in Research Reports 12 through 20 detail findings from this comprehensive epidemiology study conducted during 1979-80 by the Institute. It is important for the reader to study and view each of ... -
A Multi-Trait Multi-Method Analysis of the Bayesian Screening Instrument and Test Battery for LD Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Three related studies were designed to address some key issues confronting the learning disability field concerning the identification of learning disabled adolescents . The first study (Research Report No. 9) addressed ... -
Reliability and Validity of the Bayesian Identification Procedure for Learning Disabled Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Three related studies were designed to address some key issues confronting the learning disability field concerning the identification of learning disabled adolescents. The first study (Research Report No. 9) addressed the ... -
The Homogeneity of Identifaction Decisions by Different Groups on LD Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Three related studies were designed to address some key issues confronting the learning disability field concerning the identification of learning disabled adolescents. The first study (Research Report No. 9) addressed the ... -
The Regular Classroom Interactions of Learning Disabled Adolescents and Their Teachers
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Research on the process of teaching indicates that students who are low achievers, hyperactive, defiant, and dependent receive less approval and support and more criticism and disapproval from their teachers. Further, ... -
Formal Reasoning Abilities of Learning Disabled Adolescents: Implications for Mathematics Instruction
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Modern mathematics education relies heavily upon the cognitive theories of Jean Piaget and Jerome Bruner. These theories provide the basis for explanations of levels of development as well as direction for instructional ... -
Behavioral Assessment of Job-Related Skills: Implications for Learning Disabled Young Adults
(1980-01-01)Th is study, using direct observation and measurement techniques, analyzed the occupational skills of these two groups. The results showed that the employed adults performed significantly better on each of the thirteen ... -
Behavioral Assessment of Occupational Skills of Learning Disabled Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)This study, using direct observation and measurement techniques, analyzed the differences in occupational skills among learning disabled youths and their non-learning disabled peers . The results showed low levels of ... -
Development and Validation of an Occupational Skills Assessment Instrument
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)The development and validation of an occupational skills assessment instrument is described. The instrument was designed to describe accurately a participant's actual level of occupational skills in a variety of job-related ... -
Identification Decisions: Who is the Most Consistent?
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)This study was designed to: (a) examine the type of judgments on LD characteristics rendered by multidisciplinary team members and (b) explore which of the groups typically represented on a staffing team was most homogeneous ... -
Identification of Learning Disabled Adolescents: A Bayesian Approach
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)The identification of learning disabled adolescents for program placement is a major concern of school personnel. The identification model discussed in this article addresses an array of problems associated with identification ... -
An Investigation of the Demands on Oral Language Skills of Learning Disabled Students in Secondary Classrooms
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)The demands placed upon students in mainstream secondary classrooms by the oral language behaviors of teachers were investigated by applying 12 categories of utterance types to audiotape-recorded class sessions. Data were ... -
Toward the Development of an Intervention Model for Learning Disabled Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1982-07-01)