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Direct linkKane, Steven T.; Walker, John H.; Schmidt, George R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
This article describes the development and validation of the "Learning Difficulties Assessment" (LDA), a normed and web-based survey that assesses perceived difficulties with reading, writing, spelling, mathematics, listening, concentration, memory, organizational skills, sense of control, and anxiety in college students. The LDA is designed to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, College Students, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities
Jenks, Kathleen M.; de Moor, Jan; van Lieshout, Ernest C. D. M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Although it is believed that children with cerebral palsy are at high risk for learning difficulties and arithmetic difficulties in particular, few studies have investigated this issue. Methods: Arithmetic ability was longitudinally assessed in children with cerebral palsy in special (n = 41) and mainstream education (n = 16) and…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Problems, Cerebral Palsy, Short Term Memory
Holmes, David S.; Schallow, John R. – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1969
Hypothesizes that subjects who show reduced recall of word lists after ego threat may be exhibiting response competition rather than repression. The results obtained in this experiment suggest that this may be the correct conclusion, but further research is indicated. Tables and bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Learning Problems, Memory
Download full textWierzbicki, Michael; Tyson, Clare M. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2007
Over a five year period, a university clinic performed psychological evaluations of 102 adults (including 85 college students) who reported that they were experiencing learning or attention problems. Of 92 persons who completed the evaluation, 40 (43.5%) received no diagnosis, 7 (7.6%) received the diagnosis of ADHD, 29 (31.5%) received the…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, High Schools, Psychological Testing, Attention Deficit Disorders
Carlson, Shirley – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this paper was to track the history of learning disabilities and collect intervention theories which might be helpful for adult college students suffering from any number of learning disabilities (LD). There is a vast difference between a learning difficulty and a learning disability; an individual with learning difficulty can learn…
Descriptors: Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Teaching Methods, Learning Problems
Slak, Stefan – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Problems, Learning Theories, Memory
Peer reviewedEpstein, Kenneth I.; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1994
Magnitude comparison, calculation verification, and short-term memory span experiments were conducted as a means of investigating number processing in 17 deaf college students with academic weaknesses. Deaf students' level of accuracy did not differ from that shown by their hearing peers; however, mean response times of deaf students were greater…
Descriptors: College Students, Computation, Deafness, Higher Education
Prevatt, Frances; Proctor, Briley – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2003
Two hundred four (204) college students who had difficulties in both foreign language and math (FLD/MD), only math difficulties (MD), or only foreign language difficulties (FLD) were studied. Analysis of prevalence of presenting problems indicated that FLD and FLD/MD are relatively uncommon, compared to MD. Comparisons among the three groups…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Problems, Phonology, Second Language Learning
