Perspectives on learning disabilities : biological, cognitive, contextual / edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Louise Spear-Swerling ; with a foreword by Keith E. Stanovich.

Other author Sternberg, Robert J.
Other author Spear-Swerling, Louise.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999.
Descriptionxvi, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Learning disabilities.
Learning disabled children--Education.
Learning disabilities--Physiological aspects.
Constructivism (Education)
Context effects (Psychology) in children.

Contents Foreword / Keith II. Stanovich. -- 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 Jennifer R. Heimenz. -- 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 G. Pressley . -- Learning disabilities: The roads we have traveled and the path to the future / Linda S. Siegel. -- Developing reading fluency in learning-disabled students / S. Jay Santuels. -- 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 / Louis Spear-Swerling. -- Epilogue: Toward an emerging consensus about learning disabilities / Robert J. Sternberg.
Local noteLittle-310715--305131013601O
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98011327
ISBN0813331757 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks LC4704 .P476 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold