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R. Brandon Conaway; Ara J. Schmitt; Elizabeth McCallum; Laura M. Crothers; James B. Schreiber – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
Reading disorders, including reading comprehension disorders, are among the most common referrals for evaluation in schools. If that evaluation involves individually administered tests of reading, the examiner is faced with selecting at least one reading comprehension subtest that is inherently associated with specific task demands, such as a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Cloze Procedure
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Myers, Jonté A.; Hughes, Elizabeth M.; Witzel, Bradley S.; Anderson, Rubia D.; Owens, Jennifer – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
This meta-analysis synthesized the findings of experimental and quasi-experimental studies to determine the efficacy of math interventions for enhancing the word problem-solving accuracy of students with mathematics difficulties in Grades 4 to 12. Further, we identified intervention and design characteristics that moderate the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Mathematics Education, Intervention, Word Problems (Mathematics)
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Re, Anna Maria; De Vita, Francesca; Cornoldi, Cesare; Schmidt, Susanna – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Copying a text quickly and accurately is important both in school and in daily life. However, this skill has never been systematically studied, either in children with typical development (TD) or in children with specific learning disabilities (SLD). The aim of this research was to study the features of a copy task and its relationship with other…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Grade 6
McCormic, Kathryn – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine the factors associated with academic achievement in at-risk high school students attending one of four charter schools in south Florida geared toward dropout prevention. Several factors were identified through a thorough review of the literature to identify the common demographic variables associated with…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, High School Students, Academic Achievement, Charter Schools
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Dallasheh, Waleed; Zubeidat, Ihab – Educational Studies, 2023
This study examined the relationship between special education teachers'emotional intelligence and the learning motivation of students with specific learning disorders, moderated by the teachers' inclusion ability in regular education in Arab minority in Israel. The research setup is quantitative-correlative. The sample included 406 special…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabs, Minority Group Teachers, Special Education Teachers
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Mihaela Cristea; Alois Ghergut – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Background: Research and theoretical models of self-determination and self-concept claim that microsystem ecological factors have an influence and manifest a predictive role in the relationship between self-concept and self-determination. Knowing the mechanisms through which personal and contextual factors influence or predict the self-determined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Self Determination, Individual Characteristics
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Eissa, Mourad Ali; Khalifa, Ayman Gamal – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2020
Introduction: Inability to self-regulate learning is likely to be an indication of internet/mobile phone use. When students have low self-regulation, this may negatively predict problematic smartphone use. Additionally, problematic smartphone use could be a predictor of academic procrastination. The aim of this study was to investigate the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Self Management, Student Behavior, Predictor Variables
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Filippello, Pina; Buzzai, Caterina; Messina, Giovanna; Mafodda, Antonina Viviana; Sorrenti, Luana – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2020
The purpose of this research was to conduct an exploratory study to investigate any differences in the risk of developing school refusal in students with low academic achievement and students with specific learning disorder (SLD), and moreover to compare both groups to students with high academic achievement. Furthermore, we want to investigate…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, At Risk Students, Learning Disabilities, Self Esteem
Richard E. Mattison; Adrienne D. Woods; Paul L. Morgan; George Farkas; Marianne M. Hillemeier – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
We examined to what extent subgroups of students identified with learning disabilities (LDs; N = 630) in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998 to 1999 (ECLS-K): 1998 national longitudinal study displayed heterogeneity in longitudinal profiles of reading and mathematics achievement from first to eighth grades.…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Tuckwiller, Elizabeth D.; Dardick, William R.; Kutscher, Elisabeth L. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
The purpose of this mixed methodology study was to empirically investigate how adolescents with learning disabilities/differences report and experience self-determination, grit, mindset, and optimism. Using items from established scales, we gathered survey data (n=27) as well as interview data (n=23), and examined the ability of mindset, grit, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Self Determination, Persistence
Ali Eissa Saad, Mourad – Online Submission, 2020
This study aimed to investigate the combined effects of Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) and Academic Procrastination (AP) on Smartphone Addiction (SA). It also aimed at investigating the relative contribution of SRL and academic procrastination to SA among second year-middle school learning disabled students. Moreover, it sought to explore if there…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Learning Disabilities, Metacognition, Addictive Behavior
Kelly G. Liu – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this observation study was to identify vocabulary instruction provided to students with Learning Disabilities (LD) and English Learners with LD (dual identified) across seventh and eighth-grade inclusion and self-contained English language arts, science, and social studies classes. The study focused on the amount of time observed on…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, English Learners
Elizabeth G. S. Munsell; Gael I. Orsmond; Daniel Fulford; Wendy J. Coster – Grantee Submission, 2021
Social communication and executive functioning challenges as well as co-occurring anxiety/depression may make acquiring the skills needed to manage daily life tasks difficult for diploma-track autistic youth, thus limiting their participation in adult roles. This study describes the associations between executive function, social communication…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Self Management, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Hughes, Elizabeth M.; Lee, Joo-Young; Cook, Michelle J.; Riccomini, Paul J. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2019
Content writing contributes to students' positive learning and outcomes. Mathematical-content writing has been shown to positively support students' mathematical reasoning, but it is challenging for many students with and without learning disabilities. This study explores proof-of-concept evaluation to extend self-regulated strategy development,…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Mathematics, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
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Dunn, Michael; Zajic, Matthew C.; Berninger, Virginia – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2021
Dysgraphia, a specific learning disability, impairs legible and automatic letter production by hand, which can interfere with written composing. The goal of the current study was not to investigate effective methods for teaching self-regulated writing to students with dysgraphia, but rather to investigate their self that is involved in their…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Grade 4
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