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Journal of Learning Disabilities articles from November 2007
A academic journal that provides insight for professionals involved in the field of learning disabilities. Features in-depth coverage of specific issues in the field of learning disabilities, theoretical papers, research articles, overviews of interventio
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Journal of Learning Disabilities archives from November 2007
J. Lee Wiederholt: 1942-2007.(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
J. Lee Wiederholt died unexpectedly on August 19. Lee was senior vice president of PRO-ED, Inc., trustee and president of the Donald D. Hammill Foundation, and trustee of the Hammill Institute on Disabilities. He...
Peer tutoring for college students with learning disabilities: perceptions of tutors and tutees.
November 1, 2007... The growth in the number of students with learning disabilities (LD) attending colleges and universities has been documented the world over (e.g., Heiman & Precel, 2003; Henderson, 2001; Higher Education Statistics Agency, 2003; Him-Unis &...
Self-efficacy from the perspective of adolescents with LD and their specialist teachers.(Report)
November 1, 2007... There is strong evidence that individuals with learning disabilities (LD) experience more social, emotional, and motivational difficulties than those without LD (e.g., Ayres, Cooley, & Dunn, 1990; Chapman, 1988; Sridhar & Vaughn, 2001; Vaughn,...
Effectiveness of paraeducator-supplemented individual instruction: beyond basic decoding skills.(Report)
November 1, 2007... Far too many students in our public schools are not developing the reading skills needed to negotiate a world with increasing literacy demands. In 2004, only 36% of U.S. fourth graders performed at or above proficiency level in reading, with...
Why are students with LD depressed? A goal orientation model of depression vulnerability.(Report)
November 1, 2007... Recent meta-analyses on the prevalence of depression in learning disabilities (LD) have provided worrisome figures (Maag & Reid, 2006). For example, Sideridis (2005b, 2006) showed that in 88% of the LD studies he reviewed, levels of depression...
Teaching students with LD to use diagrams to solve mathematical word problems.(learning disabilities)
November 1, 2007... A representation in mathematics involves some combination of either written symbols, real objects, or mental images (Janvier, 1987). Regardless of the combination, the construction of a representation is critical for understanding the...
Mathematical ability of 10-year-old boys and girls: genetic and environmental etiology of typical and low performance.(Report)
November 1, 2007... Compared to reading disabilities (Pennington & Olson, 2005), relatively little is known about the genetic and environmental etiologies of mathematics abilities and disabilities, the extent to which these etiologies differ for low performance...
Calendar.(Calendar)
November 1, 2007... * NOVEMBER 15-17, 2007 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Annual Conference. Boston, MA. Contact: 800/638-8255; e-mail: actioncenter@asha.org; Web site: http://www.asha.org
* DECEMBER 5-8, 2007 TASH Annual Conference. Seattle,...