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Direct linkTuckwiller, Elizabeth D.; Dardick, William R.; Kutscher, Elisabeth L. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
The purpose of this mixed methodology study was to empirically investigate how adolescents with learning disabilities/differences report and experience self-determination, grit, mindset, and optimism. Using items from established scales, we gathered survey data (n=27) as well as interview data (n=23), and examined the ability of mindset, grit, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Self Determination, Persistence
Nielsen, Kathleen; Abbott, Robert; Griffin, Whitney; Lott, Joe; Raskind, Wendy; Berninger, Virginia W. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
The same working memory and reading and writing achievement phenotypes (behavioral markers of genetic variants) validated in prior research with younger children and older adults in a multi-generational family genetics study of dyslexia were used to study 81 adolescent and young adults (ages 16 to 25) from that study. Dyslexia is impaired word…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Reading Achievement, Writing Evaluation, Dyslexia
Peer reviewedKatims, David S.; Yin, Zenong; Zapata, Jesse T. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2001
A study examined the causal effects of distal and proximal risk factors for the use of gateway substances by 136 Mexican American adolescents (ages 11-15) identified with learning disabilities. Factors included peer delinquency, school satisfaction, self-esteem, language acculturation, socialization acculturation, self-reported delinquency,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Delinquency, Drinking
