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Learning Disability Documentation in Higher Education: What Are Students Submitting?
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Sparks, Richard L.; Lovett, Benjamin J. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
This study examined the supporting documentation submitted by students with learning disability (LD) diagnoses. The participants were 210 students who were enrolled in a college support program for students with disabilities at a private liberal arts college. Findings showed that although most students submitted a psychoeducational evaluation,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Higher Education, Documentation, Educational Diagnosis
A Comparison of Learning Disabled College Students' Achievement from WRAT and PIAT Grade, Standard, and Subtest Scores.
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Cordoni, Barbara K.; Snyder, Mary K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
Learning disabled college students (N=16) were tested to compare the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) with the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT). Significantly different scores are derived when WRAT norms are compared with PIAT norms, indicating that the tests are not interchangeable instruments for academic achievement. (RC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Distinguishing "Yearning Disabilities" from Learning Disabilities in Postsecondary Settings.
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Stewart, Donald W. – Guidance & Counselling, 1994
Many postsecondary students who request academic accommodations for learning disabilities actually show no documentable learning disability but a discrepancy between their intellectual ability and their achievement aspirations (i.e., a "yearning disability") rather than a discrepancy between their ability and achievement (i.e., a…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Educational Testing
Academic Self-Efficacy of Post-Secondary Students with and without Learning Disabilities.
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Slemon, Jill C.; Shafrir, Uri – 1997
Predicted and actual scores on subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) and the Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised (WRAT-R) were obtained from 40 normally achieving postsecondary students (NA) and 92 adult students with learning disabilities (LD). LD students had major deficits in reading-related areas. It was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adults, Analysis of Variance