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An Interpretive Inquiry Study to Understand Faculty Preparedness to Teach Community College Students with Learning Disabilities
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Mayda Gonzalez-Bosch – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Faculty preparedness is a crucial parameter that influences students with learning disabilities' success. With limited research on faculty preparedness to teach students with learning disabilities in community colleges, this qualitative study took on a crucial and often overlooked area of inclusive education. The study focused on faculty…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Students with Disabilities, Teacher Education
Teacher Perceptions on the Use of the Common Core State Standards in Math and the Academic Success of Students with Learning Disabilities
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Fertile, Stacy – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Teachers across the United States have implemented the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in math since their release in 2010. These standards were created for all students, both in general education and special education settings; yet, the findings of this study showed one set of standards for every student does not make every student…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
The Optimization of Resources for Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities
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Linda Costarella Cuomo – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Students with learning disabilities are enrolling in postsecondary institutions at greater rates than ever before. However, their completion rates are lower than those of their non-disabled peers. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to acquire pertinent information from university professors regarding accommodations and support services…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Educational Resources
Illuminating Invisibility: A Qualitative Study of Dancers with Learning Disabilities in Higher Education Dance Programs
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Cassandra Lee Vander Well – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Enactment of the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973" and the "Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990" expanded and clarified the rights of students with disabilities in higher education (Connor, 2011; Pena, 2014; Troiano, 2003). In the past three decades, the enrollment rate of students with learning disabilities (LD) in higher…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Higher Education, Dance Education, Disabilities
The Perception of Special Education Teachers, Supervisors, and Principals Regarding the Degree of Implementation of Special Education Legislation and Regulations in the Education of Students with Learning Disabilities in the Orleans-Niagara Secondary Public School Districts
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Lisa Michelle Condino-Snopkowski – ProQuest LLC, 2020
There has been a long-standing history of segregation and exclusion of students with disabilities from receiving a quality education in public school districts throughout the country. In response to the growing outcry for equal opportunities for students with and without special needs, Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Principals, Supervisors, Attitudes
Teaching Summary Writing to Students with Learning Disabilities via Strategy Instruction
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Saddler, Bruce; Asaro-Saddler, Kristie; Moeyaert, Mariola; Cuccio-Slichko, Julienne – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2019
In this single-case design study we examined the effects of a summarizing strategy on the written summaries of students with learning disabilities (LD). Three students with LD in fifth and sixth grades learned a mnemonic-based strategy (WINDOW) for writing summaries taught using the self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) approach. Visual…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Grade 5