05:300:383 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Phonics, Learned Helplessness, Phonological Awareness
25 Apr 2018
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Characteristics of ld: difficulty organizing thoughts for writing, problems with reading and listening comprehension, difficulty conveying thoughts, feelings, or knowledge, challenges with reading fluency. In some cases, being uneasy and uncomfortable around others. Learning disabilities: a condition of unexpected underachievement, academic performance is significantly lower than would be predicted, comprises 4 to 5% of all students, largest group of students with disabilities served in special education, federal term: specific learning disability . Iq/achievement discrepancy: prior to idea "04, most states required students to demonstrate a significant. Iq/achievement discrepancy to be identified as having a learning disability: difference between potential (score on iq test) and performance (academic achievement, at least two years behind the student"s expected grade level. Characteristics of learning disabilities: unexpected underachievement, lack of motivation or poor attribution, attention deficits, faulty information processing, poor language and/or cognitive development, disorganization. In some cases, learned helplessness and inactivity in the learning process.
