ERIC Number: ED322702
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 64
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Subgroups of the Learning Disabled College Student: An Analysis of Written Language and Testing.
Cataldo, Donna; Arsenault, Joseph
A study examined the identification of distinct subgroups of learning-disabled young adults based on their ability to generate written language. Two subgroups of learning-disabled college students, the language strong/visually weak (N=22) and the visually strong/language weak (N=10), were identified based on evaluation of 32 essays. Subjects were then given the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) and the Test of Adolescent Language (TOAL). Analysis indicated that the visually strong/language weak subjects earned significantly higher scores in such areas as object assembly, visual motor spatial, visualizing the whole, and sequencing; the language strong/visually weak subjects earned significantly higher scores in the areas of information, vocabulary, comprehension, speaking, writing, expressive language, and concept score. For the language strong/visually weak subgroup there was almost a two-point difference between the vocabulary and grammar subtest scores on the TOAL, indicating the language strength of this group is in semantics. The visually strong/language weak subgroup earned scores at the mean or above on all non-language subtests of the WAIS-R; on language subtests these subjects scored below the mean. Suggestions for further study are offered. Data and statistical analyses are provided in an appendix. Contains 60 references. (RM)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Style, College Students, Expressive Language, Handicap Identification, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests, Language Tests, Learning Disabilities, Semantics, Spatial Ability, Student Characteristics, Student Evaluation, Writing Difficulties, Writing Evaluation, Written Language
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
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