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What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
This randomized controlled trial examined the impacts of "Same-Language-Subtitling" ("SLS"), a karaoke-style subtitling intervention, on the reading comprehension skills of secondary school students in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Researchers randomly assigned 198 secondary school students with learning disabilities (ages 14 to 19) to…
Descriptors: Sensory Aids, Video Technology, Music, Educational Technology
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Yamamoto, Kathryn K.; Black, Rhonda S. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2015
The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to describe how culture, disability, and prospective first-generation college student status influenced the transition decisions of five native Hawaiian students with specific learning disabilities who attended a Hawaiian-focused charter school. Students had strong ties to their history and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, First Generation College Students, Learning Disabilities
Rollins, Karen; Mursky, Chrystyna V.; Shah-Coltrane, Sneha; Johnsen, Susan K. – Gifted Child Today, 2009
Response to Intervention (RtI) has promise for helping students, particularly ones with disabilities, achieve higher levels of academic and behavioral success in the general education classroom. What does it mean for gifted students or for those who are gifted and have a learning disability, such as twice-exceptional students? How might current…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Learning Disabilities, Academic Achievement, Student Needs
Arlie Tagayuna – ProQuest LLC, 2007
Academic participation based on merit can oftentimes frustrate a young person when his/her condition hampers full participation in the process of learning. This study provides detailed sociological description of Hawaii's youth offenders with learning disabilities and the various ways they get involved with the juvenile justice system. This study…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Delinquency, Disability Identification, Socialization
Shenk, Emily, Ed. – Child Welfare League of America (NJ3), 2008
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families and protecting every child from harm. By publishing a diverse range of views on a wide array of topics, "Children's…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Child Welfare, Infants, Special Education
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Ornelles, Cecily; Cook, Lyssandra; Jenkins, Amelia – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
A focus group of 5 general education schoolteachers from one rural middle school in Hawaii was conducted to investigate their perspectives on the unintended effects of including students with learning disabilities. The general education teachers were asked how the inclusion of students with learning disabilities had impacted (a) their professional…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, General Education, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups