Summary of Research Findings at the University of Virginia Learning Disabilities Research Institute

1 May 1983

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Exceptional Education Quarterly

Vol. 4 (1) , 95-114
https://doi.org/10.1177/074193258300400110

Abstract

The Institute at Virginia focused its efforts on LD children with attentional problems. Emphasis was placed on developing cognitive behavior modification techniques that help children improve their attention to tasks and that provide children an effective strategy for approaching academic tasks. Studies included investigations of metacognition, information processing, self-recording of task-related behavior, and strategy training. Adult-child interactions and psychometric properties of the Woodcock-Johnson battery also were studied.

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