Contemporary Intervention Research in Learning Disabilities: An International Perspective

✍ Scribed by John G. Borkowski, Jeanne D. Day (auth.), Bernice Y. L. Wong (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 268
• Series: Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Recently, in the area of learning disabilities, a subarea of special educa­ tion, an interesting development has become discernible. This develop­ ment centers on the increasing focus of learning disabilities professionals on theory building and empirical research, and it is reflected in the spate of books currently being published. With their clear emphasis on con­ ceptual and methodological issues along with directions for future re­ search, these newly published books differ essentially from the bulk of learning disabilities textbooks. They include S. Vaughn and C. Bos (Eds. ), Research in Learning Disabilities: Issues and Future Directions, published in 1987 by College-Hill; T. E. Scruggs and B. Y. L. Wong (Eds. ), Intervention Research in Learning Disabilities, published in 1990 by Springer-Verlag; and L. Swanson (Ed. ), Learning Disabilities: Theore­ tical and Research Issues, published in 1991 by Lawrence Erlbaum Asso­ ciates. As reflected in these three books, the discipline began with a service orientation and has evolved beyond that to come of age with aspirations of becoming a scientific discipline. These books can be taken to voice the concerted efforts ,of learning disabilities professionals to promote theory building and empirical research. Undeniably these books provide valuable information on conceptual issues and research in learning disabilities. Nevertheless, they appear to have one drawback, namely, they focus exclusively on learning disabilities research in North America.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Expanding the Boundaries of Cognitive Interventions....Pages 1-21
Validation of Learning Strategy Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities: Results of a Programmatic Research Effort....Pages 22-46
Self-Regulated Strategy Development: Programmatic Research in Writing....Pages 47-64
Classroom-Based Literacy Instruction: The Development of One Program of Intervention Research....Pages 65-80
A Theory-Driven Interactive Instructional Model for Text Comprehension and Content Learning....Pages 81-95
Beyond Greetings and Making Friends: Social Skills from a Broader Perspective....Pages 96-114
Training Metacognitive Processes of Self-Regulated Learning....Pages 115-133
Sense of Coherence and Families with a Learning-Disabled Child....Pages 134-146
Intervention Research in Australia....Pages 147-162
Socioemotional Coping and Cognitive Processes in Training Learning-Disabled Children....Pages 163-189
Adaptation, Motivational Orientation, and Cognition in a Subnormally Performing Child: A Systemic Perspective for Training....Pages 190-213
Intervention Research in Learning Disabilities: A Canadian Flavor....Pages 214-234
Learning Disabilities in the 1990s: The State of the Field and How It Got There....Pages 235-253
Back Matter....Pages 255-259

✦ Subjects

Psychology, general