Distinguished Professors at the University of Kansas: Recent submissions
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Social Skills Training: A Generalization Study
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1982-08-01)The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of role-playing as a device for assessing generalization of social skills training and to determine the extent to which LD adolescents generalize specific social ... -
Identification and Intervention Procedures for the Learning Disabled in the Earle C. Clements Job Corps Report
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1982-08-01)This report details the procedures and findings of a program to identify and to intervene with LD corps members at a Job Corps training- center. The findings indicate that a valid LD identification procedure was developed ... -
Literature as Historical Archive
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004-06-01)While it is always desirable to develop new archives, it is especially important for late eighteenth century France. A number of cultural historians have suggested that our sense of historical reality would be augmented ... -
The Development of a Self-Rating Instrument to Screen for Learning Disabilities Among Adolescents and Young Adults
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1982-06-01)The research described in this report represents the further development of a series of studies to develop and test screening procedures for learning disabilities among adolescent and young adult populations. The classification ... -
Effects of Teaching a Questioning Strategy on Reading Comprehension of Learning Disabled Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1981-06-01)Nine junior high learning disabled students received a Questioning Treatment and an equivalent Control Group received traditional reading training. The results of this study confirmed the hypothesis that training a questioning ... -
Visual Imagery and Self-Questioning: Strategies to Improve Comprehension of Written
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1981-06-01)Two learning strategies, visual imagery and-self-questioning, designed to increase reading comprehension were taught to six learning disabled students using a multiple-baseline across strategies design. Results of the study ... -
A Comparison of Five Discrepancy Criteria for Determining Learning Disabilities in Secondary School Populations
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1981-06-01)Two groups of students were identified in grades 7 through 12--a school-defined learning disabled group and a group of low achieving students who were not receiving special education services. Five operational definitions ... -
Teaching Job-Related Social Skills to Learning Disabled Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1981-04-01)Previous research has indicated that LD adolescents perform poorly on a test of employment-related social skills (Mathews, Whang, & Fawcett, in press). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of training ... -
Teaching Job-Seeking Skills to Learning Disabled Adolescents: An Experimental Analysis and Social Validation
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1981-04-01)Procedures designed to teach the skills involved in completing an employment application and resume writing were evaluated with three learning disabled adolescents using a multiple-baseline design. Training involved reading ... -
The Effect of Teaching Sixth Graders with Learning Difficulties a Strategy for Solving Verbal Math Problems
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1981-04-01)In this study, subjects were taught a seven-step verbal problem-solving strategy. Results indicated an increase in percent correct on eight mathematics word problems for each subject following intervention. Baseline probes ... -
Training Junior High School LD Students to Use a Test-Taking Strategy
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1981-06-01)This study investigated whether or not regular classroom test scores of LD junior-high school students could be improved by training those students to use a a test-taking strategy. Results showed significantly higher ... -
Multipass: A Learning Strategy for Improving Academic Performance of LD Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1981-04-01)Multipass, a complex learning strategy for gaining information from textbook chapters, was taught !9 eight learning disabled adolescents. Students learned the strategy following the institution of training and generalized ... -
Error Monitoring: A Learning Strategy for Improving Academic Performance of LD Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1981-04-01)Error monitoring, a learning strategy for detecting and correcting errors in written products, was taught to nine learning disabled adolescents. Students could detect and correct more errors after they received training ... -
Major Research Findings of The University of Kansas Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1981-10-01)This report presents abstracts of all research studies conducted during Years II and Ill of the University of Kansas LD Institute. Issues and assumptions addressed. major findings of completed studies, and implications are ... -
A Comparison of Youths Who Have Committed Delinquent Acts with Learning Disabled, Low-Achieving, and Normally Achieving Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-12-01)This study compared a group of youths who had committed delinquent acts with LD, low-achieving, and normally-achieving adolescents. Youths who had committed delinquent acts most resembled the low-achieving group based on ... -
Parental and Staff Expectations for the Future Achievement of Learning Disabled Students
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-02-01)The results of this study indicated that: (a) the difference between the expectations of mothers and fathers of LD youth was generally insignificant in most areas of achievement, (b) in most areas of achievement, school ... -
A Comparison of Learning Disabled Adolescents with Specific Arithmetic and Reading Disabilities
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Forty-three junior high learning disabilities programs were surveyed to identify students who were specifically disabled in either arithmetic or reading. The results indicated that students with a specific disability in ... -
Analysis of Cognitive Abilities of Adolescents Learning Disabled Specifically in Arithmetic Computation
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)This investigation identified a group of adolescents homogeneously defined as specifically learning disabled in arithmetic and examined whether cognitive processes measured by visual-spatial, visual-reasoning, and visual-memory ... -
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 ... -
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 ...