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Taneisha Clemons – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Elementary students who are classified with learning disabilities are usually placed in general education classrooms with teachers who have little experience in special education, therefore, feel unprepared to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities. The purpose of this study was to investigate general elementary teachers'…
Descriptors: Regular and Special Education Relationship, Inclusion, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Education
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Güven Akdeniz, Dilsad; Yakici Topbas, Esra Selcen; Argün, Ziya – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2022
Zero has been philosophically and symbolically interpreted differently from other numbers throughout history. While it is foundational to all mathematics, in early grades, it is denounced as representing "nothing." In this study, the understanding of zero among students with learning disabilities (LD) and no learning disabilities (NLD)…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Misconceptions
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Summer, Anita – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2020
Quality primary education is one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Undoubtedly, mathematics plays a key role in overcoming future challenges, and mathematical competence and problem-solving skills could help provide appropriate solutions to current and future social, environmental and economic challenges. The following paper deals…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Sustainability, Elementary School Mathematics
Kurtz, Holly; Lloyd, Sterling; Harwin, Alex; Guo, Beilei – Editorial Projects in Education, 2022
In 2021, the EdWeek Research Center fielded a survey to learn more about teachers' perspectives regarding instructional practices that can help students with learning differences to succeed. In the survey, researchers defined this population to include students with specific learning disabilities (such as dyslexia) and students with other…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, National Surveys, Equal Education
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Kiuhara, Sharlene A.; Gillespie Rouse, Amy; Dai, Ting; Witzel, Bradley S.; Morphy, Paul; Unker, Becky – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Making sense of fractions is critical for building the mathematical competence of upper elementary students with and at-risk for a mathematics learning disability. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of teaching students with and at-risk for learning disabilities an intervention in which they learned to construct…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Mathematics Skills, Knowledge Level, Fractions
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Newton, Kristie J.; Willard, Catherine; Teufel, Christopher – Elementary School Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study was to better understand how students with learning disabilities, including those who struggle specifically with mathematics, engage with fraction computation. In particular, we examined error patterns, the influence of like and unlike denominators on these patterns, and correct solution methods. Although skill-related…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction, Error Patterns, Influences
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Topkin, Beryl; Roman, Nicolette Vanessa; Mwaba, Kelvin – South African Journal of Education, 2015
ADHD is one of the most common chronic conditions of childhood. Teachers are a valuable source of information with regard to referral and diagnosis of the disorder. They also play a major role in creating an environment that is conducive to academic, social and emotional success for children with ADHD. The aim of this study was to examine primary…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Identification, Questionnaires
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Ehren, Barbara J. – Reading Teacher, 2013
A recent survey on implementation of Response to Instruction/Intervention (RTI) found 94% of participating schools implementing some level of RTI ("Global Scholar," 2011). Therefore, it is logical to assume that most educators have heard about the concepts at the heart of RTI, even though specific iterations and names of the frameworks…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Educational Quality, Cooperation, Misconceptions
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Spencer, Mercedes; Quinn, Jamie M.; Wagner, Richard K. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2014
The goal of the present study was to test three competing hypotheses about the nature of comprehension problems of students who are poor in reading comprehension. Participants in the study were first, second, and third graders, totaling nine cohorts and over 425,000 participants in all. The pattern of results was consistent across all cohorts:…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Hypothesis Testing, Grade 1
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Applegate, Anthony J.; Applegate, Mary Dekonty; Turner, Jennifer D. – Reading Teacher, 2010
It takes a literacy leader to save some schools and districts from serious misconceptions about the nature of core reading programs as well as the nature of some reading disabilities. Well-prepared professionals can, by means of their extensive pedagogical repertoire, help districts to avoid compulsive repetition of the same fundamental types of…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs, Learning Disabilities, Misconceptions
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Bineham, Susan C.; Shelby, Liz; Pazey, Barbara L.; Yates, James R. – Journal of School Leadership, 2014
Federal legislation allows local education agencies to use a student's response to scientific research-based interventions as a method of identifying specific learning disabilities. As a result, educational leadership is challenged to implement response to intervention (RTI). Despite increased literature addressing RTI, no consensus on…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Special Education, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Program Implementation
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Ferretti, Ralph P.; MacArthur, Charles A.; Okolo, Cynthia M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
Fifth-grade students with learning disabilities (LD) and their typically achieving (TA) peers participated in an 8-week investigation about 19th-century U.S. westward migration. During their investigations, the students analyzed primary and secondary sources to understand the experiences of these emigrants and Native peoples. The analysis of…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Misconceptions, Migration, Investigations
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Richardson, Sylvia O.; Wallach, Geraldine P. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2005
This article presents an interview with Dr. Sylvia O. Richardson, a pediatrician, speech-language pathologist, researcher, scholar, teacher, and clinician, who has been involved in the field of language-learning disabilities for many years. Widely-published in the areas of language disorders and dyslexia, and a former President of the American…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Reading Instruction, Misconceptions, Pediatrics