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Lifshitz, Hefziba; Meirovich, Shlomit Shnitzer; Vakil, Eli – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2023
This follow-up study aimed to examine (a) the impact of 4.5 years participation in postsecondary education (PSE) on students with intellectual disability (ID) compared to adults with ID who did not participate in PSE, (b) whether a different impact on crystallized and fluid intelligence after 4.5 years would be found among PSE students with higher…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Students with Disabilities, Adult Students, Outcomes of Education
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Christiansen, Jens; White, Susan W.; McPartland, James; Volkmar, Fred; Parlar, Sarah; Pedersen, Lennart – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The education of children with disabilities in the regular educational environment has long been an expectation of legislation in many countries. Yet some children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are educated outside regular classes. Despite the obvious importance that educational placement holds for any child, there is limited research on how…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Student Characteristics
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Wagemaker, Eline; Dekkers, Tycho J.; Bexkens, Anika; Salemink, Elske; Zadelaar, Jacqueline N.; Huizenga, Hilde M. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2022
Background: This preregistered study compares adolescents with mild-to-borderline intellectual disability (MBID) and typically developing (TD) adolescents on their susceptibility to peer influence. To understand why adolescents with MBID are susceptible to peer influence, links with inhibition, Theory of Mind (ToM) and negative interpretation bias…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Adolescents, Mild Intellectual Disability, Inhibition
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Salvia, John; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
Among findings of a comparison of 74 learning disabled college freshmen and non-handicapped peers on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised, were no significant differences between verbal and performance scale discrepancies, more variable subtest performances by LD students, and lower mean scores by LD students. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests, Learning Disabilities
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Cordoni, Barbara K.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
Consistent with earlier research using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and the WISC-Revised, the Information, Digit Span, and Digit Symbol (i.e., Coding) subtests contribute substantially and independently to group differentiation. A. Bannatyne's Sequential factor also discriminates between these groups. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests, Learning
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Leonard, Faith C. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
Data from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R), grade point average (GPA) after 2 semesters of full-time enrollment, and selected student characteristics were compared for 49 learning-disabled college students. WAIS-R results were not generally predictive of academic success, although Comprehension and Similarities subtests…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Higher Education, Intelligence Quotient
Cataldo, Donna; Arsenault, Joseph – 1987
A study examined the identification of distinct subgroups of learning-disabled young adults based on their ability to generate written language. Two subgroups of learning-disabled college students, the language strong/visually weak (N=22) and the visually strong/language weak (N=10), were identified based on evaluation of 32 essays. Subjects were…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Style, College Students, Expressive Language