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Pirttimaa, Raija; Takala, Marjatta; Ladonlahti, Tarja – Education Inquiry, 2015
The aim of this study is to explore adult students' descriptions and understandings of their reading and writing difficulties, and to describe the ways they are copying with them. In higher level studies, information is typically gained by reading and giving evidence of knowledge acquisition in writing. When students have difficulties with these…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Reading Difficulties, Writing Difficulties
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Coleman, Chris; Lindstrom, Jennifer; Nelson, Jason; Lindstrom, William; Gregg, K. Noel – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
The comprehension section of the "Nelson-Denny Reading Test" (NDRT) is widely used to assess the reading comprehension skills of adolescents and adults in the United States. In this study, the authors explored the content validity of the NDRT Comprehension Test (Forms G and H) by asking university students (with and without at-risk…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Tests, Content Validity
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Runyan, M. Kay – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
The study, with 16 learning-disabled and 15 normally achieving college students, found a significant difference on reading comprehension scores between groups under timed conditions but no significant differences in test performance when both groups were provided extra time. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension
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Worden, Patricia E.; Nakamura, Glenn V. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
Learning-disabled (LD) students showed significantly less argument on the importance ratings of story idea units than did normal students. Cue selection before recall depressed performance of the LD subjects relative to that of normal college students. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: College Students, Cues, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
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Stracher, Dorothy A. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1993
Describes a program for potentially gifted learning-disabled (LD) college students that is designed to provide strategies for LD students to become autonomous learners and to supply graduate education students in-depth training in tutoring LD students. Provides case studies highlighting the individualized approach required to meet students' needs.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Private Colleges
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Bacon, 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
Friedman, Brenda G.; And Others – 1985
Intended for language learning disabled college students and their tutors, the booklet examines the use of words as aids in understanding an author's meaning. Suggestions are offered to help students adopt a more comfortable and effective reading style. The first section examines ways to decipher authors' context cues for information. Eight…
Descriptors: College Students, Context Clues, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
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Mallette, Barbara; Maheady, Larry; Harper, Gregory F. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1999
Following systematic training as peer coaches, six preservice general educators increased the frequency with which they engaged in relevant coaching interactions and improved the accuracy with which they implemented an innovative instructional strategy (Peabody Peer Assisted Learning Strategy) with three children with learning disabilities (ages…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Inclusive Schools, Instructional Effectiveness
Barr, Alyce; And Others – 1987
The guide is designed to increase the effectiveness of persons who tutor learning disabled (LD) college students by providing information on LD characteristics as well as specific strategies and techniques for working with LD students. Initial sections define learning disabilities and list characteristics of LD college students in such areas as…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Wiggins, Nellie Dawson – 1974
The purpose of this study was to use the case study method to diagnose and analyze disabled college readers and to determine their specific reading deficiencies. The subjects for this study were black male freshman volunteers, between the ages of 19 and 24, enrolled in a small, church related college in the Southwest. Negative environmental…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Freshmen, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education
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Greene, Beth G., Ed. – Reading Psychology, 1992
Provides 14 annotated citations from the ERIC database that focus on reading diagnosis, assessment, and remediation of learning-disabled college students. (PRA)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Dyslexia, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Rustigan, Carol J. – 1996
In a study at California State University, Sacramento, the effects of color light and relaxation exercise therapy were investigated with 16 students (ages 23 to 48) with learning disabilities. Therapy consisted of either 20 sessions viewing color light through a Lumatron instrument or 20 sessions listening to relaxation exercise tapes. Diagnostic…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Color, Higher Education
Edwards, Len; Smith, J. R. – 1992
An evaluation was conducted of the Chance Program at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa. The Chance Program is a postsecondary intervention program that addresses pronunciation, spelling, and reading comprehension deficits among learning-disabled students. In a quasi-experiment, test scores of college students (N=93) who participated in the Chance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs
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Higgins, Eleanor L.; Raskind, Marshall H. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1997
Thirty-seven college students with learning disabilities were given a reading comprehension task under the following conditions: (1) using an optical character recognition/speech synthesis system; (2) having the text read aloud by a human reader; or (3) reading silently without assistance. Findings indicated that the greater the disability, the…
Descriptors: Character Recognition, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education
Dickson, Shirley V.; And Others – 1995
This research review focuses on the effects and implications of text organization, both physical presentation and text structure, and on reading comprehension, with special emphasis on the comprehension of diverse learners. The review includes students in kindergarten through college, who are high and low readers and comprehenders; low…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
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