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Kravets, Marybeth – Journal of College Admission, 2006
This article, from the "Journal of College Admission's" Special Diversity Issue, which in its entirety has won the 1997 Muir Award, discusses various misconceptions regarding individuals with multiple learning disabilities and whether or not these individuals should consider college as an option. The author contends that students with learning…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Misconceptions
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Gregg, Noel; Coleman, Chris; Stennett, Robert B.; Davis, Mark – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2002
A study examined specific word- and sentence-level features most frequently used in the expository writing of 87 college students with learning disabilities, 50 with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, 58 with both disabilities, and 92 controls. Very high correlations were found between verbosity, quality, and lexical complexity. (Contains…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, College Students, Discourse Analysis, Expository Writing
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Power, Ann R.; Elliott, Raymond, Jr. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1990
Two surveys of personnel preparation programs in education of the hearing impaired were conducted, to determine teacher educators' opinions on the preparation of teachers to serve learning-disabled and socially/emotionally disturbed hearing-impaired students. The 98 responses indicated a need to modify existing curricula in personnel preparation…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances