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Lynn Meltzer |
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Adjunct Associate Professor
Director of Assessment and Reseach, Institute for Learning and Development, Lexington, MA
Associate in Education, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
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| Departmental Affiliation: |
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Child Development Department
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| Degrees: |
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Ph.D. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1977 |
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Special education; cognitive development; educational assessments; learning disorders; teacher training; delinquency; giftedness in children
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Member of the editorial board for Learning Disability Quarterly and Journal of Learning Disabilities. Conference Director, annual Conference on Learning Disorders, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Vice President (fellows), International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities. Consultant to public and private schools on learning styles and strategies and methods of identifying and teaching children with different learning profiles. |
| Scholarship & Research: |
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Meltzer, L.J., Roditi, B., Houser, R.F. & Perlman, M. (1998a). Perceptions of academic strategies and competence in students with learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 31 (5), 437-451.
Meltzer, L.J., Roditi, B., Houser, R.F. & Perlman, M. (1998b). The Strategies for Success program: Helping classroom teachers to address the needs of students with learning and attentional difficulties. Thalamus, 16 (1) 25-26.
Meltzer, L.J. & Montague, M. (2001). Strategic learning in students with learning disabilities: What have we learned? In D. Hallahan & B. Keough (Eds.) International Academy for Learning Disabilities Tribute to William Cruickshank. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Meltzer, L.J., Reddy, R., Pollica, L.S., & Roditi, B. (2004). Academic success in students with learning disabilities: The roles of self-understanding, strategy use, and effort. Thalamus (Journal of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities), 2(1), 16-32.
Meltzer, L.J., Katzir, T., Miller, L., Reddy, R. & Roditi, B. (2004).
Academic self-perceptions, effort, and strategy use in students with learning disabilities: Changes over time. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 19(2), 99-108.
Meltzer, L.J., Reddy, R., Pollica, L.S., Roditi, B., Sayer, J., & Theokas, C. (2004). Positive and negative self-perceptions: Is there a cyclical relationship between teachers’ and students’ perceptions of effort, strategy use, and academic performance? Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 19(1), 33-44.
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