The role of the teacher in identifying learning disabilities: A study using the mccarney Learning Disability Evaluation Scale (LDES)

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 483-493

  Souroulla, Andry Vrachimi ^a   Panayiotou, Georgia ^a   Kokkinos, Constantinos M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assessment; Learning disabilities; Teacher ratings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 70449116021     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219409335217     Document Type: Article

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