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Dahlstrom-Hakki, Ibrahim H.; Alstad, Zachary G. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2019
Standardized assessment of content knowledge for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) topics is pervasive in both K-12 and postsecondary institutions. Yet, most instruments are developed with little to no validation for students with learning disability (LD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism spectrum…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Statistics, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities
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MacArthur, Charles A.; Philippakos, Zoi A.; Graham, Steve – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
The purpose of the current study was to develop and validate a measure of motivation for use with basic college writers that would measure self-efficacy, achievement goals, beliefs, and affect. As part of a design research project on curriculum for community college developmental writing classes, 133 students in 11 classes completed the motivation…
Descriptors: College Students, Writing Instruction, Student Motivation, Evaluation Methods
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Ruhl, Kathy L.; Suritsky, Sharon – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
Effects of a pausing procedure and a lecture outline on the notetaking performance of 33 college students with learning disabilities were investigated. Results found the pause procedure most effective for enhancing immediate recall of lecture ideas and completeness of lecture notes. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Sullivan, Mary M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
This article reports on action research that took place in one section of a college general education mathematics course in which all three students who were enrolled had diagnosed learning disabilities related to mathematics. The project emerged in response to a question about performance in a mathematics course in which making sense of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Action Research, Learning Disabilities
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Ruhl, Kathy L.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
The effect of a lecture pausing procedure on performance of 15 learning-disabled and 15 nondisabled college students was evaluated. Findings indicate that 2-minute pauses spaced at logical breaks during videotaped lectures effectively enhanced student performance on immediate free-recall and objective test measures but not on long-term free…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities