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Peer reviewedGregg, Noel; Hoy, Cheri – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
The study found that college student writers with learning disabilities (N=35) produced better coherent written text than did underprepared non-disabled students. LD writers appeared to understand text structure like normally achieving writers but, like the underprepared writers, they experienced difficulty in the production process. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehension, Expressive Language, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBacon, 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
