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Armineh E. Hallaran; Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
We use critical qualitative methods to demonstrate how ambiguities present in definitions of learning disability (LD) and processes for determining LD eligibility under IDEA result in inequitable outcomes for minoritized students. To investigate this issue, we first outline how the LD label is situated within medical and psychological…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Educational Policy, Definitions
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Rashed Alqahtani; Alan G. Kamhi – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
This study examined the feasibility and effectiveness of Remote Learning (RL) for students with learning disabilities (LD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first experiment, the appropriateness of using RL to teach students with LD during the pandemic was examined in 99 Saudi special educators. The teachers reported that their students with LD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Feasibility Studies, Distance Education
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Preston-Smith, Shantha; King-Sears, Margaret E.; Evmenova, Anya S.; Baker, Pamela Hudson – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
For graduation, high school students with learning disabilities and other high-incidence disabilities need sufficient science credits. For many students, their success is dependent on how well they learn in co-taught classes. However, students seldom have a voice about co-teaching in science. In this study, high school students with and without…
Descriptors: High School Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Student Attitudes
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Lavín, Carlos Enrique; Mason, Linda H.; LeSueur, Robert; Haspel, Paul – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
In 1987, James Ysseldyke made an open call in Exceptional Children, asking for manuscript submissions that addressed issues and concerns of culturally diverse learners. Over 30 years have passed since that call, and research with this population remains limited. Approximately 9% of the K-12 special education population nationwide is composed of…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Special Education
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Cantley, Penny L.; Martin, James E. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
Many educators use the "Me! Lessons" to teach high school students with disabilities self-advocacy and self-awareness knowledge and skills. We conducted a mixed-methods study to examine the usefulness of the lessons, obtain student and parent perceptions of the lessons and to examine the lessons' impact on student knowledge. This study…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Metacognition, Parent Attitudes, Students with Disabilities
Powell, Sarah R.; Stevens, Elizabeth A.; Berry, Katherine A. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
Word problems require students to read a language-based problem, identify necessary information to answer a prompt, and perform calculation(s) to develop a problem solution. Solving word problems proves particularly challenging for students with mathematics difficulties because skill in reading, interpretation of language, and mathematics are…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Intervention, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
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Daley, Samantha G.; Zeidan, Pamela – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
This qualitative study examined the role and determinants of motivational beliefs and self-perceptions among six academically successful undergraduates with learning disabilities at private 4-year colleges who serve as mentors for middle-school students with similar learning challenges. Drawing on the expectancy-value theory of achievement-related…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Motivation, Self Concept, Beliefs