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Comparisons of Achievement, Effort, and Self-Perceptions among Students with Learning Disabilities and Their Peers from Different Achievement Groups
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Lackaye, Timothy D.; Margalit, Malka – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
This study compared the social-emotional implications of academic achievement for students with and without learning disabilities (LD) and identified predictors of effort investment. Students with LD showed lower levels of achievement, effort investment, academic self-efficacy, sense of coherence, positive mood, and hope, and higher levels of…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Self Efficacy, Multiple Regression Analysis, Academic Achievement
The Success of College Students with Learning Disabilities: Factors Related to Educational Attainment.
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Vogel, Susan A.; Adelman, Pamela B. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
Sixty-two college students with learning disabilities were compared to 58 peers matched on gender and American College Testing composite score. Groups were compared on age, high school preparation and performance, college grades, grade point average at the end of each year of study, graduation and academic failure rate, and time taken to complete…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Academic Persistence, Age Differences