A DECADE OF RESEARCH ON LEARNING-DISABILITIES - A REPORT CARD ON THE STATE OF THE LITERATURE

A review of 208 studies of children with learning disabilities (LD) pu blished in 10 major journals between 1988 and 1990 was conducted to de termine the extent to which recommendations made in 1980 and 1984 rega rding reporting and design of LD research have been followed. A number of problems continue to threaten the interpretability and utility of results, including imprecise subject descriptions, heterogeneous sampl es, and methodological weaknesses. Implications for the field are disc ussed and recommendations for improvement are provided.