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Woodcock, Stuart; Jiang, Han – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
Claims of the importance of having positive perceptions and expectations of students with learning disabilities (LD) have been repeatedly made over recent years. This article aims to raise awareness of the importance of attributional beliefs in relation to the educational outcomes of students with LD in Australia and China. Australian and Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Chiu, Ming Ming; McBride-Chang, Catherine; Lin, Dan – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
The authors tested the component model of reading (CMR) among 186,725 fourth grade students from 38 countries (45 regions) on five continents by analyzing the 2006 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study data using measures of ecological (country, family, school, teacher), psychological, and cognitive components. More than 91% of the…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Student Attitudes, International Studies, Family Characteristics
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Jimenez, Juan E.; Siegel, Linda S.; Lopez, Mercedes Rodrigo – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
A study examined the role of intelligence in the definition of reading disabilities in languages with different orthographic systems. The study included 94 Spanish children and 157 English-speaking Canadian children and found significant differences between the languages when reading performances was analyzed as a function of verbal IQ scores.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Quotient