An Empirical Examination of Intellectual Abilities and Scholastic Achievement in Normal Children and Children with Learning Disabilities

By : C. R. Darolia, Suresh Kumar

Page No: 425-435

Abstract
This study delineates the differences between 85 normal and 83 children with learning disabilities (LD) (age 7-11 years) on fluid, crystallized/Level-II, Level-I abilities, and scholastic achievement (ACH). Results indicated that LD children significantly low in language-based learning and acquired mathematical skills. Results show that LD children are not deficient in basic primary/short-term memory. Verbal measures of intelligence with several subtest have shown higher association with learning disability. Discriminant function analysis revealed that ACH, fluid, crystallized/Level-II and Level-I abilities contribute significantly, individually/ jointly to the prediction of LD.

Authors :
Suresh Kumar : Phd. Scientist, Defence Institute of Psychological Research, DRDO, Timarpur, Delhi-110054, India.
C. R. Darolia : Professor — Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India