Screening for learning disabilities in Oman: confirmatory factor analysis of the Arabic version of the learning disabilities diagnostic inventory.
Students at risk for learning disabilities (LD) are overidentified in elementary schools in Oman due to the absence of adequate instruments which teachers can use in validating their observations. Teachers need valid instruments so that their judgment of students' behaviours can help in making acade...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Developmental Disabilities Vol. 67; no. 6; pp. 435 - 446 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec 2021
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