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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
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Zhang, Dake; Xin, Yan Ping; Harris, Karleah; Ding, Yi – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of a strategic training program for improving students' performance in solving multiplication problems. The participants were 3 third graders with math difficulties. In this teaching experiment, microgenetic analysis was used to analyze improvement in students' strategic development…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Skills, Grade 3
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Matheson, Ian A. – Exceptionality Education International, 2015
There is a limited body of research examining how students' beliefs about intelligence and about their abilities relate to different learning environments. As reported here, I examined secondary school students' beliefs, goals, and expectations guided by Zimmerman's (2000) model of self-regulated learning. In this exploratory study, 230 secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, At Risk Students, Self Efficacy
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Hewlett, Katherine – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2012
This project built upon the AchieveAbility initiative, which develops materials and training for teaching specific learning difference learners in schools and colleges. AchieveAbility devised the concept for the "InCurriculum" Project and brought together a consortium of United Kingdom higher education institutions to deliver the…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Learning Disabilities
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Crane, Lucy; Winterbottom, Mark – Journal of Biological Education, 2008
This study investigates how peer assessment can help students to learn about photosynthesis in a "high attaining," year nine class in a UK 11-18 comprehensive school. There is limited research on how peer assessment can influence the learning of "high attaining students"; most existing research focuses on how formative…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Interviews, Questionnaires, Learning Disabilities
Hollaway, Becky L. – 1989
This study conducted in a midwestern city, addressed problems experienced by learning disabled (LD) students in recalling specialized science and social studies vocabulary. This apparent problem was confirmed by a teacher questionnaire and analyses of types and frequency of test errors on recent exams. Students appeared unfamiliar with memory…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Memory
Seidenberg, Pearl L.; Koenigsberg, Ellen – 1986
The study compared perceptions of high school and college faculty regarding the characteristics and preparatory needs of secondary learning disabled (LD) students. The analysis was based on a survey of 288 high school teachers (246 regular and 42 special education) and 82 college teachers. Separate factor analyses identified three academic factors…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Faculty, College Preparation