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Adekanye, Emily – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Students identified as learners with specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) represent almost half of the total special education population. With the high numbers of students identified as SLD, there has also been the concern of over-identification of immigrant students called English language learners (ELLs), which leads to disproportionality in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Individualized Education Programs, Identification, Learning Disabilities
Wilhelm, Gretchen Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study examined the perceived value of academic support service types for post-secondary students with learning disabilities in the Christian higher education milieu. Grounded in a model of service utilization (Pescosolido, 1992), the research methodology applied in this study addressed the following research question: What is the perceived…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Biblical Literature, Learning Disabilities, Christianity
Winn, James Bates – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this phenomenological study is to describe and better understand the meaning, structure, and essence of the experience of learning for adults labeled with learning disabilities as perceived by adults labeled with a "learning disability." Through a purposeful sampling method, six participants were chosen to participate in recorded…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Learning Experience