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Attitudes and Knowledge about Learning Disabilities: A Comparison between Arabic- and Hebrew-Speaking University Students
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Shecter-Lerner, Michal; Lipka, Orly; Khouri, Marlyn – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
Recently, there has been a significant increase in the number of students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in postsecondary institutions. The current study investigated attitudes toward and knowledge about SLD among students from different cultural and educational backgrounds. The study included 113 students (63 Arabic speakers and 50…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Learning Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cultural Differences
Goal Importance and Students At Risk of Having Language Difficulties: An Underexplored Aspect of Student Motivation.
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Sideridis, Georgios D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2002
A study compared motivational determinants of 22 students at-risk for language difficulties (in reading and spelling) and students with high language skills. The at-risk students exhibited significantly lower perceptions of goal importance, intention to achieve, belief strength, outcome evaluation, and normative beliefs, and eventually scored…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation
Three Types of Peer Tutoring: Effects on the Attitudes of Students with Learning Disabilities and Their Regular Class Peers.
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Eiserman, William D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The effects of three types of tutoring treatments on the attitudes of learning-disabled and control students (n=124) in grades K-6 were compared. The tutoring programs, involving sign language and reading, produced beneficial effects on attitudes about peers, school, and learning, whereas control students did not experience comparable gains.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Individual Instruction