Publication Date
In 2025 | 1 |
Since 2024 | 1 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 3 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 7 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 10 |
Descriptor
Elementary School Students | 14 |
Learning Disabilities | 14 |
Self Control | 14 |
Intervention | 5 |
Behavior Problems | 4 |
Foreign Countries | 4 |
Grade 5 | 4 |
Grade 6 | 4 |
Program Effectiveness | 4 |
Achievement Tests | 3 |
Grade 4 | 3 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 12 |
Reports - Research | 10 |
Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Elementary Education | 10 |
Grade 5 | 4 |
Grade 6 | 4 |
Intermediate Grades | 4 |
Middle Schools | 4 |
Grade 4 | 3 |
Grade 3 | 2 |
Grade 7 | 2 |
Grade 8 | 2 |
Grade 9 | 2 |
High Schools | 2 |
More ▼ |
Audience
Location
Australia | 1 |
Belgium | 1 |
Canada (Montreal) | 1 |
Greece | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Matching Familiar Figures Test | 2 |
Wechsler Individual… | 2 |
Woodcock Johnson Tests of… | 2 |
Raven Progressive Matrices | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Çigdem Kaymaz; Pinar Bayhan – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2025
Students with specific learning disabilities (SLDs) sometimes experience anger, which can negatively affect their academic performance and social relationships if not managed properly. Prevention and intervention programs are beneficial in addressing this issue. Bibliotherapy is an effective method for anger management and is categorized into…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Psychological Patterns, Bibliotherapy
Kouvava, Sofia; Antonopoulou, Katerina; Kokkinos, Constantinos M.; Ralli, Asimina M.; Maridaki-Kassotaki, Katerina – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2022
Understanding and regulating emotions influence children's friendships. Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Specific Learning Disorder (SLD) have difficulties in understanding emotions and in controlling themselves. ?he present study examines how children's friendships and their quality may be affected by emotion…
Descriptors: Friendship, Emotional Response, Self Control, Children
Weymeis, Henk; Van Leeuwen, Karla; Braet, Caroline – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2019
School readiness of children with special educational needs (SEN) is still understudied. The present study examined how the presumed bidirectional relationship between impaired academic performance (AP) and internalising problems (IP) could be favourably influenced. In this regard, it was assumed that children's adaptive emotion regulation plays a…
Descriptors: Self Control, Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, School Readiness
Dunn, Michael; Zajic, Matthew C.; Berninger, Virginia – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2021
Dysgraphia, a specific learning disability, impairs legible and automatic letter production by hand, which can interfere with written composing. The goal of the current study was not to investigate effective methods for teaching self-regulated writing to students with dysgraphia, but rather to investigate their self that is involved in their…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Grade 4
Dunn, Michael; Zajic, Matthew C.; Berninger, Virginia – Grantee Submission, 2020
Dysgraphia, a specific learning disability, impairs legible and automatic letter production by hand, which can interfere with written composing. The goal of the current study was not to investigate effective methods for teaching self-regulated writing to students with dysgraphia, but rather to investigate their self that is involved in their…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Grade 4
Lichtinger, Einat; Kaplan, Avi – Metacognition and Learning, 2015
Recent theory and research suggest that self-regulation is not a unitary set of strategies, and that students may employ different types of self-regulation strategies in ways that correspond with different motivational orientations. In this paper, we describe a situated case study approach to investigate the motivational orientation and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Self Control, Learning Disabilities, Case Studies
Malboeuf-Hurtubise, Catherine; Joussemet, Mireille; Taylor, Geneviève; Lacourse, Eric – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2018
Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) have been increasingly implemented in schools to foster better emotional regulation skills for students with special education needs such as learning disabilities (LDs). This pilot study aimed to evaluate the impact of a MBI on the need satisfaction of elementary students with severe LDs. A prospective…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Perception, Emotional Response, Self Control
Skues, Jason L.; Cunningham, Everarda G.; Theiler, Stephen S. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2016
This study tests a proposed model of coping outcomes for 290 primary school students in Years 5 and 6 (mean age = 11.50 years) with and without learning disabilities (LDs) within a resource-based framework of coping. Group-administered educational and intelligence tests were used to screen students for LDs. Students also completed a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6, Learning Disabilities
Ennis, Robin Parks; Jolivette, Kristine; Fredrick, Laura D.; Alberto, Paul A. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2013
In this article, students with challenging behaviors (SWCB) in a classroom may include those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD), intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, and those at risk of these disabilities. These students may present…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Berkeley, Sheri; Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Remedial and Special Education, 2010
Meta-analysis procedures were employed to synthesize findings of research for improving reading comprehension of students with learning disabilities published in the decade following previous meta-analytic investigations. Forty studies, published between 1995 and 2006, were identified and coded. Nearly 2,000 students served as participants.…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Norm Referenced Tests, Effect Size

Nagle, Richard J.; Thwaite, Ben C. – Psychology in the Schools, 1979
Compared the performance of learning disabled and normal-achieving third- and fourth-grade children on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test to determine group differences along the impulsivity-reflection dimension. Overall results suggest that learning disabled children are not more impulsive but rather use poor strategic behavior in processing…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education

Merrell, Kenneth W. – Psychology in the Schools, 1990
Compared 64 learning-disabled, 46 low-achieving, and 40 average elementary-age boys on teacher ratings of hyperactivity and self-control. Found significant group differences in both areas. Learning-disabled and low-achievement groups differed significantly from average group in social-behavioral competence, with no significant difference between…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Hyperactivity, Interpersonal Competence

Epstein, Michael H.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
The study compared the performance of severe and mild learning disabled children to normal children on a problem-solving task. The three types of children were assessed on the Matching Familiar Figures task. Results indicated that on the MFF, LD children, as a group, were more impulsive than normal children. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Exceptional Persons, Learning Disabilities, Problem Solving
Rock, Marcia L. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2005
This study investigated the effects of a strategic self-monitoring intervention (i.e., ACT-REACT) on the academic engagement, nontargeted problem behavior, productivity, and accuracy of students with and without disabilities. Seven boys and two girls of elementary age who received their educational services in two different inclusive classrooms…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Achievement, Self Control, Student Participation