NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Teachers1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 15 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Anna Cecilia McWhirter; Karrie P. Walters – Grantee Submission, 2024
Psychological assessment is an integral aspect of training in graduate school. Developing ecologically integrated and culturally sensitive diagnostic tools to support case conceptualization and differential diagnosis is critical to improving assessment practices. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of research on diagnostic training practices,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Singer, Gonen; Golan, Maya; Rabin, Neta; Kleper, Dvir – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how learning disabilities (LDs), in combination with accommodations, affect the performance of a decision-tree to predict the stability of academic behaviour of undergraduate engineering students. Additionally, this study presents several examples to illustrate how a college could use the resultant model to…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education
Hayes, Lindsey – National Center on Intensive Intervention, 2021
Special education teachers must have the skills to design and deliver intensive interventions for students with severe and persistent learning and behavioral needs. To ensure effective instruction for these students, preservice preparation programs must provide their teacher candidates with opportunities to learn, apply, and practice intensive…
Descriptors: Intervention, Guides, Special Education Teachers, Special Needs Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Seifert, Tami; Feliks, Orna; Kritz, Miki – Journal of Educators Online, 2020
Recently, colleges have begun to employ online learning courses for multiple participants. Consequently, students need to master online learning skills. To improve this teaching model, this study investigated the considerations and teaching patterns of two lecturers in the same multiparticipant online courses: 102 students in one course and 70…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Small Group Instruction, College Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Dahlstrom-Hakki, Ibrahim H.; Alstad, Zachary G. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2019
Standardized assessment of content knowledge for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) topics is pervasive in both K-12 and postsecondary institutions. Yet, most instruments are developed with little to no validation for students with learning disability (LD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism spectrum…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Statistics, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Williams, Peter; Wray, Jane; Farrall, Helen; Aspland, Jo – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
Recent years have seen unprecedented growth in the size, diversity and academic orientation of undergraduate student populations. There is evidence that the use of innovative pedagogies using information and communications technology has the potential to address such student diversity by offering opportunities for a more personalised student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Special Education, Student Needs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
McNair, Daniel J.; Curry, Toi L. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2013
This review of current writing assessment practices focuses upon the adult population, an area significantly underrepresented within psychoeducational literature. As compared to other populations, such as K-12 students, there are few options for the practitioner wishing to evaluate adult writers by means of standardized assessment instruments.…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, College Students, Writing Skills, Evaluation Methods
Nunes, Alissa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Recent changes in legislation (IDEA) have implications for the changing role of the school psychologist, specifically in the evaluation of students with learning disabilities. There is a need to examine the attitudes and practices of school psychologists regarding specific learning disability identification as there is little consistency in how…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Student Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Attitude Measures
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Trainor, Audrey A.; Smith, Shane Anthony; Kim, Sunyoung – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2012
In addition to typical career development and vocational programs in general education, providing school-based programs that are directly linked to employment and career development for youth with learning and emotional and behavioral disabilities is a legally mandated service in special education. Several broad research-based strategies are…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Behavior Disorders, Social Capital, Career Exploration
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mather, Nancy; Gerner, Michael E. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
Exceptionally bright and capable students with learning disabilities, often referred to as being twice exceptional, may fail to meet learning disabilities criteria if a strict psychometric approach is taken. To make an accurate diagnosis, an evaluator must consider their special circumstances, unique abilities, educational histories, and…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Psychometrics, Postsecondary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Orr, Ann C.; Hammig, Sara Bachman – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2009
One out of every 11 postsecondary undergraduates report having a disability, and students with learning disabilities are the largest and fastest growing subgroup of this population. Although faculty are becoming more comfortable with providing students with learning disabilities accommodations as mandated by federal law, many instructors are using…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Learning Disabilities, Empathy, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ofiesh, Nicole S.; Bisagno, Joan M. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
Given the high number of requests for test accommodations and the myriad of test accommodations available, test agencies give considerable attention to the process involved in the provision of test accommodations for high stakes tests. The decision to provide an accommodation to an individual with learning disabilities is based largely on the…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Learning Disabilities, Test Validity, High Stakes Tests
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bruyere, Susanne – Community College Journal, 2008
Colleges increasingly rely on the Web to attract, inform, and interact with students. This makes Web site accessibility and usability critical concerns, particularly for public community colleges, which educate sizable numbers of students with disabilities. As committed providers of postsecondary education to students with disabilities and thus a…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Community Colleges, Learning Disabilities, Educational Technology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Sitlington, Patricia L.; Payne, Erin M. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2004
One of the challenges to the transition to postsecondary education for students with learning disabilities is the ever-increasing gap between the assessment information that is collected at the secondary level and the demands for documentation prevalent at the postsecondary level. This article discusses the: (a) differences between secondary and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Evaluation Methods
Baptista Nunes, Miguel, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2014, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Lisbon, Portugal July 15-19, 2014). The e-Learning 2014 conference aims to address the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education