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Direct linkCarey, Lisa Beth; Stephan, Catherine; Pritchard, Alison E. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
Existing research suggests that students with ADHD may not receive the expected benefit from some testing accommodations. One possible explanation for this lack of benefit might be that students do not receive adequate instruction in and practice with testing accommodations to make them effective. The current study was designed to investigate…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Testing Accommodations, Training, Program Effectiveness
Pritchard, Alison Esposito; Koriakin, Taylor; Carey, Lisa; Bellows, Alison; Jacobson, Lisa; Mahone, E. Mark – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
This study investigated the effectiveness of five commonly administered academic testing accommodations on reading and math performance in children with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A total of 96 parents of 3rd-8th grade students with ADHD participated. More than half of the sample also had parent-reported learning difficulties…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Testing Accommodations, Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Students
Tanners, Adam; McDougall, Dennis; Skouge, Jim; Narkon, Drue – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The purpose of this alternating treatment, single-case research study was to compare reading comprehension and time expended reading, of a doctoral student with learning disabilities, under two reading conditions. In condition one, the student used a self-discovered accommodation, that is, listening, on an iPod, to an audiobook version…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Textbooks, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedWeaver, Susan Marie – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2000
A study examined the effects of extended and untimed testing on 31 postsecondary students with learning disabilities and 40 typical students. By extending the time limits on the Nelson Denny Reading Test, students with learning disabilities realized significant gains on their test scores and typical students made less dramatic gains. (Contains…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Performance Factors, Postsecondary Education
Weber, Mark C. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
This article discusses court cases and other sources on each of four major topics regarding federal disability discrimination laws and claims made by post-secondary students with learning disabilities: (a) Which students are entitled to the protection of the statutes, (b) What if any deference should be afforded academic institutions in their…
Descriptors: Disability Discrimination, Learning Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
Peer reviewedHiggins, Eleanor L.; Raskind, Marshall H. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1997
Thirty-seven college students with learning disabilities were given a reading comprehension task under the following conditions: (1) using an optical character recognition/speech synthesis system; (2) having the text read aloud by a human reader; or (3) reading silently without assistance. Findings indicated that the greater the disability, the…
Descriptors: Character Recognition, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education
Peer reviewedYasutake, David; Lerner, Janet – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1996
A study was conducted of 255 Chicago teachers (132 general, 91 special education, and 32 other school personnel) at elementary, middle, and high school levels to measure attitudes towards inclusive classrooms. Findings indicated the general education teachers were less knowledgeable about special education law, less skillful in working with…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools
