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Edwards, Ashley A.; Daucourt, Mia C.; Hart, Sara A.; Schatschneider, Christopher – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
The goal of the present study was to create a brief reliable scale for measuring reading anxiety in college students, a time when reading demands are particularly high. Results revealed individual differences in reading anxiety in a sample of 402 university students, showing reliable measurements from a 10-item scale and replicated in a sample of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Reading, Undergraduate Students, Learning Disabilities
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Miriam Sarid; Orly Lipka – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
The present study examined the academic self-efficacy (ASE) of undergraduate students with self-reported learning disabilities (LD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and comorbid LD + ADHD compared with non-LD/ADHD students at two time points, before the emergence of COVID-19 (pre-COVID) and during the pandemic (COVID-19). It also…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Learner Engagement, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities
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Toste, Jessica R.; Filderman, Marissa J.; Espin, Christine A. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2023
Data-based instruction (DBI) is a process of collecting and using student progress data to guide decision-making related to intervention intensity and individualization for students with learning disabilities (LD). However, effective DBI requires that teachers have a range of knowledge and skills across multiple domains. Past research has shown…
Descriptors: Data Use, Teacher Education, Reading Instruction, Decision Making
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Pfeifer, Mariel A.; Cordero, Julio J.; Stanton, Julie Dangremond – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Our understanding of how active learning affects different groups of students is still developing. One group often overlooked in higher education research is students with disabilities. Two of the most commonly occurring disabilities on college campuses are attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and specific learning disorders (SLD). We…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Educational Experience, Self Advocacy, STEM Education
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Li-Chih Wang; Kevin Kien-Hoa Chung – Annals of Dyslexia, 2025
This study aimed to compare trait anxiety and test anxiety among Chinese undergraduates with typical development, high-functioning specific learning disabilities (SLD), and typical-functioning SLD, and to examine the mediating role of test anxiety in the relationship between trait anxiety and academic performance across these three groups. The…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Test Anxiety, Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement
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Li-Chih Wang; Kevin Kien-Hoa Chung; Rong-An Jhuo – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
Processing efficiency theory can explain the relationship between anxiety and academic success; however, its application to adults with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) remains unclear, especially in a nonalphabetic language, such as Chinese. This study investigated the effects of working memory and processing speed on the relationships…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Short Term Memory
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Thaha Abdullateef, Shifan – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2023
EFL Learning is considered an enriching and rewarding experience for most 'normal' learners. However, for learners with neurological differences/learning disabled, it can be a stressful and unpleasant experience. Students with learning disabilities (SLD) are often mistaken for slow, behind, incapable, and failures as there is a lack of awareness…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wang, Li-Chih; Chung, Kevin Kien Hoa – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2022
This study investigated the learning strategies that university students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) report using in the Chinese language context. Participants were 105 first-year undergraduate students with SLD and 134 typically developing peers. Three questionnaires about reported reading/writing difficulties, metacognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
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Goegan, Lauren D.; Le, Lily; Daniels, Lia M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2023
Most of what researchers know about the challenges students with learning disabilities (LDs) experience during postsecondary education is based on experiences during face-to-face learning on campus. Less is known about challenges students with LD face during learning online--the mode of instruction students had to navigate during the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, COVID-19
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Lauren D. Goegan; Lia M. Daniels; Patti C. Parker – Exceptionality Education International, 2025
It is a common assumption that students are motivated by summative assessment. This is often considered in terms of grades, which is an extrinsic motivator and overlooks the wide range of other motivations that students experience with regard to classroom assessment. Indeed, motivation is not a singular construct but can have different qualities…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Summative Evaluation
Carrie A. Pearson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Students with learning disabilities are attending postsecondary institutions at a much greater rate than they have in the past. Although these students can receive accommodations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the graduation rate for these students is much lower than for their nondisabled peers. This data suggests that traditional…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Academic Support Services
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Gupta, Sambhav; Chen, Yu – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2022
Supporting student academic success has been one of the major goals for higher education. However, low teacher-to-student ratio makes it difficult for students to receive sufficient and personalized support that they might want to. The advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and conversational agents, such as chatbots, has provided…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Undergraduate Students, At Risk Students, Artificial Intelligence
Doyle, Brianna – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation explored the lived experiences of undergraduate and graduate students with learning disabilities and learning-affected disorders within the context of the college writing classroom. Utilizing a critical incident technique (CIT) framework, the dissertation inquired about the writing processes, learning styles, decisions regarding…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing Instruction, Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Nieminen, Juuso Henrik; Valtteri Pesonen, Henri – Education Sciences, 2020
Universal Design has been promoted to address the diversity of learners in higher education. However, rarely have Universal Design implementations been evaluated by listening to the voices of disabled students. For this study, we investigated the perceptions of three disabled students who took part in an undergraduate mathematics course designed…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Mathematics, Students with Disabilities, Student Experience
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Juan Mendelsohn Ontong; Mareli Rossouw – Cogent Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of providing extra time as an accommodation to students with learning disabilities (LD) in higher education institutions. The results, which are based in the setting of a South African accountancy programme, provides a unique context where time, in time-constrained assessments, are often…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Accounting, Business Administration Education
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