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Edward Cromarty; Mary Alice Young; Simone Elias – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2023
This article examined the use of film in higher education to inspire imagination and motivate learning in students with learning differences. It highlighted the benefits of film in enhancing education and fostering imagination and diverse, critical thinking. The findings demonstrated that film is a pedagogical instrument that may assist students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Imagination
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Marianna Alesi; Giulia Giordano; Sonia Ingoglia; Cristiano Inguglia – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2024
Since COVID-19 pandemic started, schools had to face environmental changes, one was shifting from a face-to-face educational approach to online learning. It represented an unfavourable learning environment, especially for children with Specific Learning Disabilities (SpLD). Following the Self Determination Theory (SDT) framework, the current study…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Student Motivation, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
Lindsey Beth L'Ecuyer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Biology and biotechnology are increasingly ubiquitous and genome research will define the 21st century as the century of biology (Venter & Cohen, 2004). Comprehension of biology is needed to engage with major public policy issues and to make informed decisions (Barton & Uphadyay, 2010; Ladson-Billings, 2003; NRC, 2012; Walker, 2021).…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Biology, Science Instruction
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Senol Namli – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2024
A significant number of students with learning disabilities encounter challenges in acquiring knowledge, particularly in mathematics. Nonetheless, having a disability or being disadvantaged is not a preference or decision made by these students - or more generally, by these individuals; rather, this label is assigned to them by the prevailing…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction, Student Motivation, Preferences
Jerry L. Pitts Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to discover the factors that contributed to persistence in online doctoral programs for students with learning disabilities (LD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The theory guiding this study was Tinto's theory of student persistence, as it suggested the more…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Academic Persistence, Online Courses, Doctoral Programs
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Lauren D. Goegan; Lia M. Daniels; Patti C. Parker – Exceptionality Education International, 2025
It is a common assumption that students are motivated by summative assessment. This is often considered in terms of grades, which is an extrinsic motivator and overlooks the wide range of other motivations that students experience with regard to classroom assessment. Indeed, motivation is not a singular construct but can have different qualities…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Summative Evaluation
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Tzohar-Rozen, Meirav; Waisel, Tali; Shamir, Adina – Metacognition and Learning, 2021
Self-regulated learning (SRL) skills and their importance to the learning process have been examined in recent years among typically developed children aged three through seven years. The current study is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to investigate SRL among children at risk for specific learning disorders (SLD risk). The study has two…
Descriptors: Self Management, Learning Processes, Young Children, At Risk Students
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Furey, Jenlyn; Loftus-Rattan, Susan M. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2022
Academic progress monitoring is essential when implementing Individualized Education Programs for students with learning disabilities and more generally in a multi-tiered system of supports framework. Although students' progress is monitored frequently in schools today, these students often are not actively involved in this practice. Research has…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Progress Monitoring, Individualized Education Programs, Learning Disabilities
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Louick, Rebecca; Emery, Alyssa; Muenks, Katherine; O'Grady, Madeline – Topics in Language Disorders, 2023
Evidence indicates that well-planned vocabulary interventions can be highly effective in helping students with language-based learning disabilities to develop the necessary vocabulary skills for literacy success. Although many researchers recognize the general importance of attending to psychological factors such as student motivation in…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Students with Disabilities, At Risk Students, Learning Disabilities
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Barwasser, Anne; Hertel, Sophia; Grünke, Matthias – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2021
The ability to read adequately is one of the most important skills for students to achieve during their school career. Unfortunately, a large number of children do not have adequate reading skills and thus may face problems in many respects throughout their lives. Children with learning disabilities (LD) and behavioral problems are particularly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Learning Disabilities
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Bishara, Saied – Cogent Education, 2023
This study examined the association between humor, motivation, and achievements in mathematics in students with learning disabilities. For this study, 80 sixth-grade students with learning disabilities who attend integrated classes in a general education school were tested using three instruments: a questionnaire about incorporating humor in…
Descriptors: Humor, Student Motivation, Mathematics Achievement, Students with Disabilities
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Thomas, Sian E.; Grindle, Corinna F.; Totsika, Vaso – British Journal of Special Education, 2023
Many students with learning disabilities find it difficult to acquire basic reading skills. This is even more of a challenge for students who are non-vocal. The purpose of the present study was to pilot the use of Headsprout Early Reading© (HER©), an online reading programme, with four non-vocal students with a severe learning disability (SLD),…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
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Louick, Rebecca; Scanlon, David – Exceptionality, 2021
This study explored prior experiences that shaped literacy motivation beliefs among adolescents with learning disabilities (LD). Data included student and teacher interviews, teacher response scales, and classroom observations. Two cycles of analysis, using directed content and thematic approaches, resulted in findings that indicate two types of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Literacy, Reading Motivation
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Hisgen, Susanne; Barwasser, Anne; Wellmann, Thorben; Grünke, Matthias – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2020
The ability to compose argumentative essays of sufficient quality is tantamount to the aptitude of thinking independently and critically, which is vital to playing an active part in one's society. Thus, the aim of teaching students this skill is incorporated into virtually every secondary school curriculum in almost all democratic countries around…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Essays, Persuasive Discourse, Learning Disabilities
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Baten, Elke; Desoete, Annemie – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2019
The role of metacognitive postdiction accuracy and autonomous and controlled motivation in mathematics was explored in elementary school children (n = 208) within two perspectives, related to sample characteristics. A first study was set up in a population-based cohort. A second study was set up with children with and without a documented…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Motivation, Accuracy, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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