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Meltzer, Lynn; Katzir, Tamar; Miller, Lynne; Reddy, Ranjini; Roditi, Bethany – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2004
This study investigated changes in teachers' and students' perceptions of students' effort, strategy use, and academic difficulties when strategy instruction was infused into the classroom curriculum. The sample consisted of 201 students with learning disabilities, 210 average achievers, and 57 teachers from Grades 4-9 in two urban and suburban…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Investigations, Spelling, Learning Disabilities

Javorsky, James; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1992
This study compared attitudes of college students with (n=60) and without (n=144) specific learning disabilities toward studying a foreign language. Findings suggested that foreign language learning difficulties of learning-disabled students are not related to lack of motivation or anxiety but to the oral and written language problems of these…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Higher Education, Language Handicaps
Meltzer, Lynn; Reddy, Ranjini; Pollica, Laura Sales; Roditi, Bethany; Sayer, Julie; Theokas, Christina – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2004
This study was part of a larger research program designed to investigate how effort interacts with strategy use to mediate the academic performance of successful students with learning disabilities (LD) and how teachers' and students' perceptions influence these relationships. The sample consisted of 46 students with LD and 46 matched students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Learning Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes

Elbaum, Batya; Moody, Sally Watson; Schumm, Jeanne Shay – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1999
Fifty-five 3rd-grade students, 27 of them with learning disabilities, were interviewed to determine their perceptions of grouping formats in reading instruction, with emphasis on small, mixed-ability groups. Students perceived that there are definite benefits and drawbacks to working in this format, including pacing, embarrassment, and working…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)

Wilson, Donald R.; David, William J. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
Administration of 2 affective tests to 89 students with learning disabilities (LD) in grades 4-8 revealed that subjects perceived the school environment and academic tasks as 2 separate factors. LD students, compared to nondisabled students, exhibited more positive attitudes toward the school environment than for academic learning tasks. School…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Age Differences, Emotional Response, Intermediate Grades

Reetz, Linda J.; Hoover, John H. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1992
Evaluation for acceptability and utility of 5 common reading methods and materials by 32 middle school students with learning disabilities found the basal reader approach preferred over the other methods (language experience, direct instruction, multisensory, and neurological impress) which were all rated equally. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Language Experience Approach

Montague, Marjorie; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
This study of 60 eighth grade students found differences among students with learning disabilities and students who were low, average, and high achieving, on perceptions of ability and achievement; attitude toward mathematics; knowledge of mathematical problem-solving strategies; and knowledge, use, and control of problem representation…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Evaluative Thinking
Meadan, Hedda; Halle, James W. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2004
As a group, students with learning disabilities (LD) have social difficulties. One possible explanation for these difficulties is the unique way they process social information. Although students with LD may differ from their nondisabled peers in their social cognition, investigators have suggested the presence of subgroups within the population…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Interpersonal Competence, Social Status

McLeod, Terry M.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
This study examined agreement among 59 regular education high school teachers, 188 normally achieving high school students, and 50 high school students with learning disabilities (LD) concerning social and school skills important for success in the mainstream. Results revealed that teachers differed significantly from LD students on 16 skills and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming

Seidel, John F.; Vaughn, Sharon – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
This study sought to determine differences in expressed attitudes of social alienation between 20 learning-disabled (LD) school completers and 17 LD school dropouts. Results indicated that dropouts felt more socially alienated toward classmates and teachers than school completers did. Risk models for LD school dropouts should include social…
Descriptors: Alienation, Dropout Attitudes, Dropouts, High Schools

Pavri, Shireen; Monda-Amaya, Lisa – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2000
Twenty students with learning disabilities in inclusive fourth and fifth grades were interviewed to determine their experience with school-related loneliness and coping strategies. Most students felt lonely at school when they were bored or lacked a companion and coped by engaging in a solitary activity or seeking companionship. (Contains…
Descriptors: Coping, Educational Environment, Environmental Influences, Intermediate Grades

McAlister, Kara M.; Nelson, Nickola W.; Bahr, Christine M. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1999
Seven students with language and learning disabilities in fourth through eighth grades were interviewed to determine their understanding of and attitudes toward a writing-process instructional approach. Students' attitudes toward this approach were positive but their understanding of prewriting elements and of revising and editing were quite…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interviews, Language Impairments, Learning Disabilities

Lucangeli, Daniela; Coi, Gabriella; Bosco, Paola – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1997
This study with 155 fifth-grade Italian children examined students' metacognitive beliefs in mathematics and their relation to problem-solving performance. Poor problem solvers had lower metacognitive awareness, believed number size was an indicator of problem difficulty, and made more computational and procedural errors. (DB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Learning Problems

Padeliadu, Susana; Zigmond, Naomi – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1996
Structured interviews with 150 elementary students with learning disabilities found that they accurately perceived that special education is intended to provide extra help for children with academic problems. Students reported they liked special education classes, though some missed instruction or recreational activities in their mainstream class…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Interviews, Learning Disabilities

Mishna, Faye – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1996
Four boys and 4 girls (ages 13-17) with learning disabilities were interviewed upon completion of psychodynamic group therapy to obtain their perspectives of the group. Results indicate that the participants regarded the therapy as beneficial. The phenomenon of "mutual recognition" led to enhanced self-esteem and ability to relate to peers. (CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Group Therapy, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities
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