Description
Book SynopsisIncludes research from North and South America, Europe, and the United Kingdom to provide a global overview of various learning and behavioral disorders. This volume discusses research pertaining to the following areas: working memory, reading disabilities, ADHD, hearing impairments, and motivational orientations.
Table of ContentsWorking Memory and Early Mathematics: Possibilities for Early Identification of Mathematics Learning Disabilities. Reading Development and Reading Disabilities: Focus on Norway. Ecological Perspectives on Student Behaviour: Why Teachers in Training Need to See the Bigger Picture. Reading Comprehension Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities. Goal Orientations and Classroom Goal Structures as Predictors of Classroom Behaviors for Greek Students with and Without Learning Difficulties: Clarifying The Differential Role of Motivational Orientations. Parenting Stress in Families of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: The Impact of ADHD Subtype and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Comorbidity. The Problem of Measuring Socio-Cultural Level in Psychological Research. Students with Mathematical Disabilities in Belgium: From Definition, Classification and Assessment to STICORDI Devices. ADHD at Five: A Diagnosis-Intervention Program. Evaluation of Social Abilities in Educational Contexts: A Challenge for Students with Communication Difficulties. Focus on International Schools: Serving Students with Learning Disabilities. The Development of Numerical Intelligence in Preschool Children with Cochlear Implants: A Hypothesis on Mathematical, Verbal, and Non-Verbal Cognitive Competence. Co-Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms: Results of Qualitative Research from the United States, Canada, and Australia. List of Contributors. Subject Index.
