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A Literature Review of Academic Interventions for College Students with Learning Disabilities
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Zeng, Wen; Ju, Song; Hord, Casey – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2018
The number of students with learning disabilities (LD) enrolling in postsecondary education has increased rapidly over the past decade. It is imperative to investigate what interventions have been used to assist students with LD in achieving academic success. To examine the interventions currently used to support students with LD in postsecondary…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Intervention, College Students, Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabled and Nondisabled College Students' Use of Structure in Recall of Stories and Text.
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Bacon, Ellen H.; Carpenter, Dale – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
The study found that college students with learning disabilities (LD) were as able as nondisabled students to use story grammar and comparison text structure to aid recall of social studies text passages. However, LD students scored significantly lower on use of causation text structure. Results suggest that use of comparison structures precede…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Effects of Explicit Instruction on Math Word-Problem Solving by Community College Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Zawaiza, Theda Ruth Wiles; Gerber, Michael M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1993
Community college students with learning disabilities (n=38) and math-competent peers (n=22) were taught representation-related strategies for solving compare word problems. Results generally supported the hypothesis that students receiving schema training would improve more than students assigned to linguistic training. (JDD)
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness