Learning Disability Quarterly articles from September 2003

Learning Disability Quarterly archives from September 2003

Secondary students' perceptions of school life with regard to alienation: the effects of disability, gender and race.
September 22, 2003... Abstract. Student alienation is a major cause of dropping out of school, gang activity and poor peer, school-student, and teacher-student relationships. A considerable amount of research has focused on factors that distinguish between students...

Visual dictation improves the spelling performance of three groups of Dutch students with spelling disabilities.
September 22, 2003... Abstract. A spelling training was implemented in three subgroups of Dutch children (N = 33) with spelling disabilities: (a) children with spelling problems of normal or above-normal intelligence; (b) children with spelling problems of normal or...

Integration of letter-sound correspondences and phonological awareness skills of blending and segmenting: a pilot study examining the effects of instructional sequence on word reading for kindergarten children with low phonological awareness.(Winner of CLD's 2003 Award For Outstanding Research)
September 22, 2003... Abstract. Research evidence indicates that integration of letter sounds with phonological blending and segmenting is critical for acquisition of beginning word reading skills. Yet, a review of kindergarten intervention studies revealed that the...

Handbook of Learning Disabilities.
September 22, 2003... EDITED BY H. LEE SWANSON, KAREN HARRIS, AND STEVE GRAHAM Lee Swanson, Karen Harris, and Steve Graham have masterfully accomplished a task of Herculean proportions. The recent Handbook of Learning Disabilities (LD) is an edited compendium...