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Olivia Schimp – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Response to Intervention (RtI) is a tiered system that is designed to provide varied levels of support to students that may be at-risk for learning disabilities. These interventions are adjusted for students based on their progress and associated data. For students that are nonresponsive to interventions over time, a special education evaluation…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Response to Intervention, Special Education, At Risk Students
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Aeshah Alsarawi – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose. Students with learning disabilities (SLDs), bilingual learners (BLs), and English language learners (ELLs) represent heterogeneous groups. With the rising number of SLDs and the expansion of English as a second language instruction in Saudi elementary schools, a critical challenge emerges: How can learning disabilities (LDs) be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Students with Disabilities
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Cahill, Kevin; Curtin, Alicia; Hall, Kathy; O'Sullivan, Dan – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2020
Alternative education provision in Ireland is under-researched. This paper is a qualitative investigation of the perspectives of a purposive sample of ten teachers on curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in their respective alternative settings of a voluntary education centre, a Youthreach centre and a post-primary special school. 'Funds of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Nontraditional Education, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Paraskevi Neophytou – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore Cypriot preschool teachers' and parents' perceptions and attitudes toward the value and contribution of the developed educational assessment instrument for the early identification and intervention for students at risk to present learning disabilities. In this research study, a qualitative research was used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, At Risk Students
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Sowell, Jimalee; Sugisaki, Larry – English Teaching Forum, 2021
It is estimated that ten percent of learners have some sort of learning disability; on average, this is two or three students per classroom (Butterworth and Kovas 2013). This means that, inevitably, all English language instructors will encounter students with learning disabilities in their classrooms and could encounter students with learning…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Snowling, Margaret J. – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2013
This paper reviews current proposals concerning the definition of dyslexia and contrasts it with reading comprehension impairment. We then discuss methods for early identification and review evidence that teacher assessments and ratings may be valid screening tools. Finally, we argue that interventions should be theoretically motivated and…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Identification, Definitions, Reading Comprehension
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Osipova, Anna; Prichard, Brooke; Boardman, Alison Gould; Kiely, Mary Theresa; Carroll, Patricia E. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2011
This article presents the findings from a pilot study exploring the use of video as a self-reflection tool combined with high-quality, collaborative professional development (PD). Participants were in-service, upper-elementary, special education instructors teaching word study and fluency to students with learning disabilities. Participants…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Learning Disabilities, Reading Instruction, Special Education
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Nelson, Jason M.; Harwood, Hannah R. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
We conducted a meta-analysis to examine depressive symptomatology among students with learning disabilities (LD), as reported by their parents and teachers. A 2006 meta-analysis by Maag & Reid of the self-reports of students with LD indicated that this group's higher report of depressive symptoms compared to non-LD students was small in magnitude…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Meta Analysis
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Easton, Julia E.; Erchul, William P. – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2011
To date, treatment plan implementation (TPI) monitoring and feedback methods have increased teacher TPI levels in single-subject designs and a randomized field trial. However, when innovative procedures such as these require significant changes in teachers' daily practice, acceptability becomes an important variable, and the extent to which…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Regular and Special Education Relationship, Special Education Teachers, Evaluation Methods
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Smith-Bonahue, Tina; Larmore, Anne; Harman, Jennifer; Castillo, Melissa – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2009
Children with learning disorders (LD) are at increased risk for a host of psychosocial problems, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (e.g., Bouffard, Roy, & Vezeau, 2005; Elksnin & Elksnin, 2004; Greenham, 1999; Michaels & Lewandowski, 1990; Sideridis, Morgan, Botsas, Padeliadu & Fuchs, 2006; Weiner &…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Learning Disabilities, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Sideridis, Georgios D.; Antoniou, Faye; Padeliadu, Susana – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2008
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the presence of teacher biases with regard to identification of students with learning disabilities (LD). Factors related to teachers' gender, age, and experience, along with children's gender, were investigated. Results suggested that teacher gender is associated with biases with regard to…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Identification, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Siena, Maggie – Math Solutions, 2009
Are your students engaged and motivated to read and write but hesitant during math instruction? Do you want your students to be as excited about math as they are about literacy? This unique resource explores how best practices for teaching reading and writing can help you become a better math teacher. Drawing on the work of such educators as…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
Woitaszewski, Scott A.; Thielen, Dana; Stovall, Donald L. – Online Submission, 2006
Data were gathered from 65 teachers of students with learning disabilities to assess their perceptions of one of two school-based special education evaluation reports: a primarily deficit-oriented report or the same report with embedded protective factor (resiliency) information added. Results suggested that the learning disability teachers who…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Learning Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes, Student Evaluation
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Epstein, Michael H.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
The perceptions, knowledge, and opinions of 140 teachers concerning their learning-disabled students' medications were investigated. Teachers used global impressions and direct behavioral observations to assess medication effects but would prefer to use behavioral observations and rating scales. Few teachers felt that their preservice or inservice…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Knowledge Level
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Granstrom, Kjell – Learning and Instruction, 1995
Explanations and accounts used by teachers in 4 team meetings to make decisions about 12 pupils with learning and social disabilities were studied. Teachers, under certain circumstances, were able to apply an elucidative model based on shared explanations, but they often used a more restricted model. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
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