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Learning disability
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A disability of unexpected underachievement typically involving reading that is resistant to treatment
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Process-product debate
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The argument about whether perceptual training or direct instruction is more effective to teach reading
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Unexpected underachievement
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A defining characteristic of learning disabilities; when poor school performance cannot be explained by other abilities or potential
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IQ/achievement discrepancy
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The old criterion required for learning disabilities identification; 2-year difference between potential or expected performance and a score from an achievement test
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Reading/learning disabilities
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A condition where a student's learning disability is most significant in reading
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Mathematics/learning disabilities
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A condition where a student's learning disability is most signifcant in areas of mathematics
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Motivation
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Need to succeed, drive not to fail
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Attributions
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Explanations individuals give themselves for their successes or failures
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Learned helplessness
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Usually a result of repeated failure or excessive control by others; individuals become less willing to attempts tasks or understand their actions result in success
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Classifying
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A thinking skill; the ability to categorize items or grouping concepts by their common characteristics
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Generalize
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To transfer learning from particular instances to other environments, people times, or events
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Social competence
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Being able to understand respond appropriately in social situations
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Response to intervention
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A multitiered preferral method of increasingly intensive interventions; used to identify non responders or students with learning disabilities
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Universal screening
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Testing all students to identify those in need of assistance or more intensive instruction
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Discrepancy formulas
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Calculations used to determine the gap between achievement and intelligence; used to identify students with learning disabilities
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