Title Better understanding learning disabilities : new views from research and their implications for education and public policies / edited by G. Reid Lyon ... [and others]

Published Baltimore, Md. : Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., [1993] ©1993

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Description xxi, 362 ; 24 cm Contents An examination of research in learning disabilities : past practices and future directions / G. Reid Lyon and Louisa C. Moats -- Models of classification as related to a taxonomy of learning disabilities / Roger K. Blashfield -- Classification of learning disabilities : relationships with other childhood disorders / Jack M. Fletcher [and others] -- Broadening the scope of classification research : conceptual and ecological perspectives / Deborah L. Speece -- Issues in empirical Learning disabilities and public policy : myths and outcomes / Edwin W. Martin -- Conclusions and future directions / Duane Alexander, David B. Gray, and G. Reid Lyon Learning disabilities from the perspective of cognitive psychology / H. Lee Swanson -- Learning disabilities : an interactive developmental paradigm / Melvin D. Levine [and others] -- Learning disabilities from an educational perspective / Naomi Zigmond -- The construct validity of discrepancy definitions of reading disability / Keith E. Stanovich -- Linking purpose and practice : social-political and developmental perspectives on classification / Barbara K. Keogh Versus clinical identification of learning disabilities / Robin Morris -- Defining learning disabilities : a history of the search for consensus / John L. Doris -- Development of operational definitions in mental retardation : similarities and differences with the field of learning disabilities / Donald L. MacMillan -- Variations on theory in learning disabilities / Joseph K. Torgesen -- Science and theory of learning disabilities / Kenneth A. Kavale Analysis Learning disorders United States Bibliography Includes bibliogaphical references and index Subject Learning disabilities -- United States -- Congresses. Learning disabilities -- United States. Learning disabled children -- Education -- United States -- Congresses. Learning disabled children -- Education -- United States. Education, Special. Learning Disorders. SUBJECT United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Author Lyon, G. Reid, 1949- LC no. 92027605 ISBN 1557661162

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