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Edward Karl Schultz; Emily Smith; Stephanie Zamora-Robles – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2024
Evaluating students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (i.e., emergent bilinguals) presents challenges to evaluation teams, as distinguishing between a language disorder and typical second language development is more complex. The skills and knowledge required to do this task often exceed the level of training that evaluators…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Bilingualism, Bilingual Students, Learning Disabilities
Visser, Linda; Cartschau, Friederike; von Goldammer, Ariane; Brandenburg, Janin; Timmerman, Marieke; Hasselhorn, Marcus; Mähler, Claudia – Applied Measurement in Education, 2023
The growing number of children in primary schools in Germany who have German as their second language (L2) has raised questions about the fairness of performance assessment. Fair tests are a prerequisite for distinguishing between L2 learning delay and a specific learning disability. We evaluated five commonly used reading and spelling tests for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Error of Measurement, Second Language Learning, German
Cao, Fan; Yan, Xiaohui; Yan, Xin; Zhou, Haiyan; Booth, James R. – Child Development, 2021
To examine whether there are common or specific deficits of reading disability (RD) in first (L1) and second languages (L2), Chinese children (9-11 years, N = 76) with or without RD who learn English as an L2 were studied during a visual word rhyming judgment task. Evidence was found for common deficits in L1 and L2 in visuo-orthographic processes…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Mark Murphy; Angela Johnson – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
This study examines the effects of English Learner (EL) status on subsequent Special Education (SPED) placement. Through a research-practice partnership, we link student demographic data and initial English proficiency assessment data across seven cohorts of test takers and observe EL and SPED programmatic participation for these students over…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Identification, English Learners, Special Education
Kalyanpur, Maya – Educational Forum, 2020
The assumption that educational policies and practices in the global North are viable in the global South has promoted a universal template for inclusive education, or Education For All. In India, lived realities do not conform to this universal template, resulting in the emergence of low-income English language learners who are being labeled as…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Educational Policy
Mazhar Bal; Adile Yilmaz; Aysegül Ünal – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2023
The aim of this research is to create an inclusive reading and writing learning environment in a class of 8 people, including students with different learning levels, and even learning difficulties. While associating the inclusive approach with the reading and writing process, the researchers prepared an action plan consisting of popular culture…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Middle School Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Kim, Kioh; Helphenstine, Derrick T. – Journal of International Students, 2017
As more companies and families expand to the global market an increasing number of students are entering international schools outside of their home countries. Each international school is governed and run according to their own policies, but one overarching element remains: the language of instruction is usually English. When English Language…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Student Characteristics, International Schools
Elizabeth L. Tighe; Deborah K. Reed; Gal Kaldes; Amani Talwar; Christina Doan – Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2022
In the most recent assessment by the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), approximately 19% of adults in the United States scored at or below Level 1 in literacy (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2019a). Adults who performed at Level 1 were only able to identify one key piece of information from…
Descriptors: Adults, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Illiteracy
Cárdenas-Hagan, Elsa – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2018
The number of English learners continues to increase in the United States. Additionally, many English learners will experience language and learning disabilities. These students require specialized instruction by highly qualified educators. This article addresses the various cross-language strategies that can benefit English learners with…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Literacy, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods
Linan-Thompson, Sylvia; Lara-Martinez, Julie A.; Cavazos, Linda O. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2018
Culturally and linguistically diverse learners with and without learning disabilities enrolled in public schools are tasked with learning content, a new culture, and a new language. Meeting their language and literacy needs requires systematic use of evidence-based practices and deep knowledge of culturally and linguistically responsive practices…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Trust (Psychology), English (Second Language), Evidence Based Practice
Kaul, Corina R. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Quantitative literacy or numeracy skills are increasingly important at every level in a knowledge-based society. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between numeracy achievement, environmental and intrapersonal characteristics. Although the sample for this study included 5,862 U.S. adults (aged 16-65) from the Program…
Descriptors: Adults, Numeracy, Mathematics Achievement, Individual Characteristics
Dakhiel, Maysoon A.; Al Rub, Mohammed O. Abu – World Journal of Education, 2017
The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of pictured letters mnemonics strategy in learning similar English language letters among students with learning disabilities in Saudi Arabia according to experimental group (1) and (2), control group, gender, and interaction between them. The study sample comprised (90) students with…
Descriptors: Pictorial Stimuli, Mnemonics, Learning Disabilities, Instructional Effectiveness
Stanford, Emily; Delage, Hélène – First Language, 2020
Working memory (WM) limitations are frequently reported for children with specific learning disorder (SLD). However, WM capacity influences more than literacy and numeracy, as research highlights the contribution of WM to language development, in particular syntax. In this article, the authors study the effect of syntactic intervention, i.e.…
Descriptors: Syntax, Short Term Memory, Intervention, Phrase Structure
Sperling, Marko; Barwasser, Anne; Grünke, Matthias – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2019
The ability to read is the gateway to success in modern knowledge-driven societies. Thus, it is vital to make sure that no child is left behind in his or her endeavor to acquire the cognitive processes needed to understand age-appropriate texts. One significant milestone on the way to reach proficiency in this respect is memorization of certain…
Descriptors: Intervention, Word Recognition, Reading Fluency, Learning Disabilities
Duarte, Beatriz A.; Greybeck, Barbara; Simpson, Cynthia G. – Advances in Special Education, 2013
The evaluation of minority children for special education by law should be nondiscriminatory. To be in compliance with federal mandates such as the Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA), No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and Public Law 94-142, minority children who are also English language learners (ELLs) should be assessed in their native…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Learning Disabilities, Minority Group Students, Special Education
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