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Grigorenko, Elena L.; Hart, Lesley; Hein, Sascha; Kovalenko, Julia; Naumova, Oxana Yu. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019
In this article we present a summary of the literature on the associations between learning difficulties/disabilities and juvenile delinquency. This literature is almost a hundred years old, but, although reportedly demonstrating the low academic achievement-delinquency connection, contains numerous unanswered questions regarding the frequency,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Learning Problems, Juvenile Justice, Learning Disabilities
Diers, Sarah E. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The Academic Behaviors and Skills of College Students (ABS-C) Scale is a measure that assesses in- and out-of-classroom behaviors and skills that may be affecting current academic standing. The measure inquires for self-perceptions of why college students may be having difficulty in courses. The ABS-C Scale demonstrates promising utility as a…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Evaluation, Student Behavior, Skills
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Kahn, David A.; Cheramie, Gail M.; Stafford, Mary E. – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether vignettes could allow for differentiation of perceived effort, and if so, would perceived student effort have an effect on teacher impressions of students and whether they would refer for special education services. Eighty-six teachers with an average of eight years of teaching experience…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Vignettes, Special Education, Referral
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Mustian, April L.; Cuenca-Sanchez, Yojanna – Advances in Special Education (MS), 2012
Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) are one of the most underserved populations in today's schools (Kauffman, Mock, & Simpson, 2011). Many of these students also have additional disabilities in conjunction with an EBD identification, such as Learning Disabilities (LD), Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit…
Descriptors: Identification, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders
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Reed, Deborah K. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2012
Explicitly communicating objectives is a tenet of effective instruction for students with learning difficulties, yet the practice is often overlooked in research. This case study of a novice middle school geography teacher illustrates how the qualitative and quantitative differences in the ways a teacher communicates the learner expectation can…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Learner Engagement, Learning Disabilities, Behavioral Objectives
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Algozzine, Bob; Wang, Chuang; Violette, Amy S. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2011
Numerous studies have demonstrated the comorbidity of achievement and behavior problems in students identified with learning disabilities and emotional disturbance. The causal basis for this relationship has not been demonstrated, but several theories regarding the association have been posited, and potential benefits related to prevention keep…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Behavior Problems, Social Behavior, Emotional Disturbances
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Skinner, Michael E.; Smith, Allison T. – International Journal of Special Education, 2011
The number of students with learning disabilities (LD) attending postsecondary institutions has increased steadily over the past two decades. Many of these students have language-based learning difficulties that create barriers to success in foreign language (FL) courses. Many institutions have responded by providing these students with exemptions…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Second Languages, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods
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McCoy, Selina; Banks, Joanne; Shevlin, Michael – Irish Educational Studies, 2012
Despite dramatic changes in Irish special education policy during the last decade, there is little understanding of the factors influencing how special educational needs (SEN) are identified and whether identification varies across different school contexts. International research has tended to focus on how individual child characteristics…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Disadvantaged Schools, Teacher Characteristics
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Mirandola, Chiara; Del Prete, Francesco; Ghetti, Simona; Cornoldi, Cesare – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The present research was aimed at investigating recognition memory and recollective experience for a text in adolescents with and without learning difficulties. Adolescents (age 15 to 19) with learning difficulties were selected based on their performance on a standardized test for text comprehension and on the teachers' evaluations of their…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Sentences, Learning Problems, Recognition (Psychology)
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Kane, Steven T.; Roy, Soma; Medina, Steffanie – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2013
This article describes research supporting the use of the Learning Difficulties Assessment (LDA), a normed and no-cost, web-based survey that assesses difficulties with reading, writing, spelling, mathematics, listening, concentration, memory, organizational skills, sense of control, and anxiety in college students. Previous research has supported…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Identification, College Students, At Risk Students
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Siewert, Lisa – Preventing School Failure, 2011
Teacher feedback is an important aspect of any classroom. However, because of the increasing demands on teachers' time, the delivery of feedback to students has been reduced. The author investigated the types and necessity of teacher feedback for students with learning challenges. The method for analysis was in the form of written teacher…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Urban Schools, Written Language, Learning Disabilities
Mittan, Robert J. – Exceptional Parent, 2010
This is a six part article intended to give parents the information and strategies they need to cope with their child with epilepsy who may have school learning problems. Epilepsy and seizures affect the classroom in unique ways that can make the learning experience especially challenging for some kids. Fortunately, much can be done to give the…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Epilepsy, Learning Disabilities, Seizures
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Everatt, John; Al-Sharhan, Abir; Al-Azmi, Yousuf; Al-Menaye, Nasser; Elbeher, Gad – Support for Learning, 2011
This article reports the findings of studies of the relationship between off-task behaviours and measures of educational achievement. The work focused on children from an Arabic-speaking/cultural background rarely studied in the literature. The first study involved children within a mainstream school context and found that measures of literacy and…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Hyperactivity
Samuels, Christina A. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
The 2004-05 school year didn't start off well for the Sanger Unified School District. The district, located east of Fresno, had entered its first year of "program improvement"--a gentler way of saying that Sanger was among the 98 lowest-performing districts in the state based on success criteria in the No Child Left Behind law. The…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Program Improvement, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
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Ortiz, Alba A.; Robertson, Phyllis M.; Wilkinson, Cheryl Y.; Liu, Yi-Juin; McGhee, Belinda D.; Kushner, Millicent I. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2011
Data from three interrelated studies of English Language Learners who were identified as having reading-related learning disabilities suggest that the majority of participants were misclassified. Bilingual education teachers and other educational professionals had difficulty distinguishing students for whom special education referral was…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Intervention, Bilingual Education, Learning Disabilities
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