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Comparing Video Modeling to Teacher-Led Modeling for Algebra Instruction with Students with Learning Disabilities
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Satsangi, Rajiv; Billman, Rachel H.; Raines, Alexandra R. – Exceptionality, 2021
Students with a mathematics learning disability face many challenges learning algebraic curricula. To support this population, targeted supplementary instruction beyond what is provided by a classroom teacher may benefit their learning outcomes. In this context, video modeling designed in accordance with an established instructional design…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Multimedia Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Modeling (Psychology)
Correlates of Academic Overachievement, Nondiscrepant Achievement, and Learning Disability in ADHD, Autism, and General Population Samples
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Mayes, Susan Dickerson; Waschbusch, Daniel A.; Calhoun, Susan L.; Mattison, Richard E. – Exceptionality, 2020
Little is known about the characteristics of academic overachievers, children whose achievement significantly exceeds IQ. Correlates of overachievement (achievement test scores = 1 SD above IQ), nondiscrepant achievement, and learning disability (LD; achievement = 1 SD below IQ) were analyzed in 1,543 children (739 ADHD, 285 autism, and 519…
Descriptors: Overachievement, Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism
Sustained Feelings of Success and Agency: Keys to Literacy Motivation among Adolescents with Learning Disabilities
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Louick, Rebecca; Scanlon, David – Exceptionality, 2021
This study explored prior experiences that shaped literacy motivation beliefs among adolescents with learning disabilities (LD). Data included student and teacher interviews, teacher response scales, and classroom observations. Two cycles of analysis, using directed content and thematic approaches, resulted in findings that indicate two types of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Literacy, Reading Motivation
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Comorbid with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Learning Disabilities in Adolescents
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Dietz, Samantha; Montague, Marjorie – Exceptionality, 2006
This study examined in depth a group of adolescents (n = 12) who were identified as having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The group was identified as part of a longitudinal study of students who were screened in primary school as at risk for developing emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) and peers who were identified as not…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Gender Differences, Hyperactivity
Teaching Learning Disabled Adolescents to Think Critically Using a Problem-Solving Schema.
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Williams, Joanna P.; Ellsworth, Nancy J. – Exceptionality, 1990
This study examined effectiveness of an instructional program designed to teach learning-disabled adolescents (N=70) to make better personal decisions. A pretest/posttest comparison design found that following instruction students showed better ability to both identify general schema for decision making and apply schema to novel problem…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Daily Living Skills, Decision Making
Extended Sociometric Status of Adolescents with Mild Handicaps: A Cross-Categorical Perspective.
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Sabornie, Edward J.; And Others – Exceptionality, 1990
The study compared adolescents with mild mental retardation, learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, and no known handicaps using measures of sociometric status, social impact, and social preference. Not all students with mild handicaps were similar in social acceptance, rejection, and preference. Learning-disabled students were remarkably…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, High Schools, Learning Disabilities