The Validity of Distinguishing Children with Language and Learning Disabilities According to Discrepancies with IQ

Evidence That Dyslexia May Represent the Lower Tail of a Normal Distribution of Reading Ability

Sally E. Shaywitz, Michael Escobar, Bennett A. Shaywitz et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1992 · 721 citations · Full text

Education, Neuroscience, Psychology +10

THE CONCEPT OF SPECIFIC READING RETARDATION

Michael Rutter, William Yule · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · 1975 · 617 citations · Full text

Education, Educational Measurement, Pediatrics +10

IQ Is Irrelevant to the Definition of Learning Disabilities

Linda S. Siegel · Journal of Learning Disabilities · 1989 · 615 citations

Education, Educational Assessment, Special Education +11

Discrepancy Definitions of Reading Disability: Has Intelligence Led Us Astray?

Keith E. Stanovich · Reading Research Quarterly · 1991 · 472 citations

Education, Literacy Education, Psychology +14

Developmental versus difference theories of mental retardation and the problem of motivation.

Edward Zigler · PubMed · 1969 · 264 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +12