This paper explores the impact of metacognitive research on learning disabled (LD) individuals. Specifically, the focus is on the positive effects of metacognitive research on the teaching of LD students, and on the importance of broadening LD teachers' understanding of their students' academic failures. The discussion concludes by pointing to the direction in which future research may profitably be extended.
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