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Assessed Numeracy Skills and Skill Use of Adults with Learning Disabilities in PIAAC
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Patterson, Margaret Becker – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2023
Adults with learning disabilities (LD) face educational and employment challenges and may also have other disabilities and health conditions. Little is known about these adults' numeracy skills and how they use numeracy at work or home. The article's objective was to investigate numeracy skills and skill use for U.S. adults with LD. The author…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills
Psychiatric Problems in Adolescence Mediate the Association between Childhood Learning Disabilities and Later Well-Being
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Eloranta, Anna-Kaija; Närhi, Vesa M.; Muotka, Joona S.; Tolvanen, Asko J.; Korhonen, Elisa; Ahonen, Timo P. S.; Aro, Tuija I. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2021
This follow-up study investigated the associations of childhood learning disabilities (LDs) with adult-age anxiety, depression, and unemployment. Psychosocial problems in childhood and psychiatric diagnoses and lack of education in adolescence were studied as potential mediators, and gender and mother's education were studied as potential…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Well Being, Children
Factors That Contribute to College Success for Students with Learning Disabilities
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Showers, Anne H.; Kinsman, Jeremy W. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2017
Using structural equation modeling, the study tested a theoretical model linking family background, student attributes, and college success. The sample consisted of 346 students with learning disabilities (LDs) who enrolled in college between 2004 and 2012. The data were taken from the public files of the Education Longitudinal Study: 2002. The…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, College Students, Structural Equation Models, Success
College Graduates with Learning Disabilities--Employment Attainment and Career Patterns.
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Adelman, Pamela B.; Vogel, Susan A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
Examination of the educational attainment and employment patterns of 89 learning-disabled 4-year college graduates who had participated in a comprehensive college support program found that most graduates held business-related jobs, that their learning disabilities affected their work, and that most had developed such compensatory strategies as…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Students, Educational Attainment, Employment