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Students with Specific Difficulties in Geometry: Exploring the TIMSS 2011 Data with Plausible Values and Latent Profile Analysis
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Chen, Jinsong; Li, Liangfang; Zhang, Dake – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2021
This study analyzed the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2011 data on fourth-grade U.S. students' mathematics performance to answer four research questions: (a) How did U.S. students' geometry performance compare with their performance on the other mathematics subscales? (b) What were the patterns of student achievement among…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Mathematics Education, Geometry, Achievement Tests
Math Anxiety in Students with and without Math Learning Difficulties
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Mutlu, Yilmaz – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2019
The aim of this study was to determine the dimensions of the relationship between math anxiety and mathematics achievement of the third grade students with and without mathematics learning difficulties. Data were collected from 288 elementary school students using math anxiety scale and math achievement test tools. The mathematics achievement test…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Learning Problems, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Mathematics
Latent Class Analysis of Children with Math Difficulties and/or Math Learning Disabilities: Are There Cognitive Differences?
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Swanson, H. Lee; Olide, Andres F.; Kong, Jennifer E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
This study investigated whether a latent class of children with math difficulties (MD) or math learning disabilities (MLD) emerged within a heterogeneous sample of learners. A latent class analysis was computed on children (N = 447) in Grade 3 who were administered a battery of math, reading, and cognitive measures. The analysis yielded four…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Learning Disabilities, Short Term Memory, Low Achievement
Behavioral Executive Functions among Adolescents with Mathematics Difficulties
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Holm, Marja E.; Aunio, Pirjo; Björn, Piia M.; Klenberg, Liisa; Korhonen, Johan; Hannula, Markku S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
This study investigates behavioral executive functions (EFs) in the mathematics classroom context among adolescents with different mathematics performance levels. The EF problems were assessed by teachers using a behavioral rating inventory. Using cutoff scores on a standardized mathematics assessment, groups with mathematics difficulties (MD; n =…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Executive Function, Mathematics Achievement, Learning Problems
If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Wind up Somewhere Else: The Case of "Foreign Language Learning Disability"
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Sparks, Richard L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
Despite the lack of empirical evidence, the term "foreign language learning disability" (FLLD) has become popular in the learning disabilities (LD) and foreign language literature. I contend that there is not a unique "disability" for foreign language learning and suggest instead that foreign language skills run along a continuum of very strong to…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Second Language Learning, Language Skills
The Case of Effort Variables in Student Performance.
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Borg, Mary O.; And Others – Journal of Economic Education, 1989
Tests the existence of a structural shift between above- and below-average students in the econometric models that explain students' grades in principles of economics classes. Identifies a structural shift and estimates separate models for above- and below-average students. Concludes that separate models as well as educational policies are…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, College Students, Economics Education