Feagans, Lynne V.; Short, Elizabeth J.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Meltzer, Lynn J.

"...a useful volume that provides an overview of efforts in this relatively new area of LD research....A number of important issues in subtyping research are addressed....The many issues surrounding LD subtype research have been addressed in a straightforward and critical manner ....Congratulations are in order for its insightful analyses of the theoretical and conceptual foundations of subtyping research. The state of the art and its many associated problems and issues are well presented.—Contemporary Psychology

• Contents: Part I:Theoretical and Conceptual Issues in Subtyping.L.V. Feagans, J.D. McKinney, Subtypes of Learning Disablities: A Review. D.L. Speece, D.H. Cooper, Retreat, Regroup, or Advance? An Agenda for Empirical Classification Research in Learning Disabilities. J.W. Hagen, G. Kamberelis, S. Segal, A Dimensional Approach to Cognition and Academic Performance in Children with Medical Problems or Learning Difficulties. R. Plomin, A Behavioral Genetic Approach to Learning Disabilities and Their Subtypes. Part II:Current Research on Subtyping.R.K. Olson, J.P. Rack, F.A. Conners, J.C. DeFries, D.W. Fulker, Genetic Etiology of Individual Differences in Reading Disablility. M. Pressley, Can Learning-disabled Children Become Good Information Processors? How Can We Find Out? L. Meltzer, Problem-solving Strategies and Academic Performance in Learning-disabled Students: Do Subtypes Exist? S.R. Morrison, L.S. Siegel, Arithmetic Disablility: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence for This Subtype. H.L. Swanson, A Subgroup Analysis of Learning-disabled and Skilled Readers' Working Memory: In Search of a Model for Reading Comprehension. J.K. Torgesen, Subtypes as Prototypes: Extended Studies of Rationally Defined Extreme Groups.