Advances in Learning and Behavioural Disabilities

Book details for Advances in Learning and Behavioural Disabilities

Series: Advances in Learning & Behavioral Disabilities v. 7

Contributor(s): Kenneth D. Gadow (volume editor),

Format: Hardback, 230 x 150mm , x,300 pp

Publication date: 25 Nov 1992

Imprint: JAI Press Inc.

ISBN: 9781559381963

Price: £62.95

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Synopsis

This is the seventh volume in the series, "Advances in Learning and Behavioural Disabilities". It includes such topics as: study times in good and poor comprehenders; diagnostic spelling analysis; spatial learning and instruction of children with learning difficulties; and, ageing and prospective memory.

Contents

Memory judgements and allocation of study times in good and poor comprehenders, Ombretta Papetti et al; diagnostic spelling analysis within curriculum-based measurement - implications for students with learning and behavioural disabilities, Lynn S. Fuchs et al; spatial learning and instruction of children with learning disabilities, Frederick J. Brigham; aging and prospective memory - basic findings and practical applications, Mark A. McDaniel and Gilles O. Einstein; metacognitive knowledge, learning disorders and mental retardation, Cesare Cornoldi and Renzo Vianello; effectiveness and treatment validity of interventions addressing self-injurious behaviour - from narrative reviews to meta-analysis, Ralf W. Schlosser and Herbert Goetze; learning difficulties and memory problems in mental retardation - a meta-analysis of theoretical perspectives, Kenneth A. Kavale and Steven R. Forness. Part 2 Methodology: single subject research methodology in the study of learning and behavioural disorders - design, analysis and synthesis, Thomas E. Scruggs; the use of single subject designs in applied settings, Partick J. Schloss et al; single subject research and the policy process, James L. Hamilton and Nancy Safer.