CiNii 図書 - Perspectives on learning disabilities : biological, cognitive, contextual

Although the term learning disabled (LD) is widely used, few agree on its definition or origins. This edited volume attempts to bridge that knowledge gap by bringing together experts from a variety of perspectivesbiological, cognitive, educational, sociological, and interactiveto discuss the nature of LD, its origins, its diagnosis, and effective remediation. Framing the discussion are introductory and concluding chapters written by the editors. }More children than ever before are being labeled as learning disabled (LD), including some who in the past would have been labeled mentally retarded. At the same time, the category of gifted learning disabled has become widely accepted, and some parents as well as teachers are trying to have their children labeled as LD in order to render them eligible for special services. But despite the reliance on the term, few agree on its definition or origins. This edited volume attempts to bridge that knowledge gap by bringing together experts from a variety of perspectivesbiological, cognitive, educational, sociological, and interactiveto discuss the nature of LD, its origins, its diagnosis, and effective remediation. Framing the discussion are introductory and concluding chapters written by the editors. }

Biological Approaches
Genes, Environment, and Reading Disabilities
(Richard K. Olson. )
The Biological Foundations of Developmental Dyslexia
(Elena L. Grigorenko. )
The Neuropsychological Basis of Learning Disabilities
(George W. Hynd, Amanda B. Clinton, and Jenniefer R. Hiemenz. )
Cognitive Approaches
Learning Disabilities in Perspective
(Richard K. Wagner and Tamara Garon. )
Phonologically Based Reading Disabilities: Toward a Coherent Theory of One Kind of Learning Disability
(Joseph K. Torgesen. )
Reading Disabilities and the Interventionist
(Michael Pressley. )
Learning Disabilities: The Roads We Have Traversed and the Path to the Future
(Linda S. Siegel. )
Developing Reading Fluency in Learning-Disabled Students
(S. Jay Samuels. )
Contextual Approaches
Learning Disabilities as Organizational Pathologies
(Thomas M. Skrtic. )
Learning Disability: Issues of Representation, Power, and the Medicalization of School Failure
(Carol A. Christensen. )
Can We Get There from Here? Learning Disabilities and Future Education Policy
(Louise Spear-Swerling. )
Conclusions
Epilogue: Toward an Emerging Consensus About Learning Disabilities (Robert J. Sternberg.)

巻冊次: : pbk ISBN 9780813331768

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This book discusses biological, cognitive, educational, sociological, and interactive to discuss the nature of learning disabilities, its origins, its diagnosis, and effective remediation. It emphasizes the development of ideas as the motor forces behind the economic policies.

Foreword -- Preface -- Biological Approaches -- Genes, Environment, and Reading Disabilities -- The Biological Foundations of Developmental Dyslexia -- The Neuropsychological Basis of Learning Disabilities -- Cognitive Approaches -- Learning Disabilities in Perspective -- Phonologically Based Reading Disabilities: Toward a Coherent Theory of One Kind of Learning Disability -- Reading Disabilities and the Interventionist -- Learning Disabilities: The Roads We Have Traveled and the Path to the Future -- Developing Reading Fluency in Learning-Disabled Students -- Contextual Approaches -- Learning Disabilities as Organizational Pathologies -- Learning Disability: Issues of Representation, Power, and the Medicalization of School Failure -- Can We Get There from Here? Learning Disabilities and Future Education Policy -- Conclusions -- Epilogue: Toward an Emerging Consensus About Learning Disabilities

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