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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
A Cross-National Comparison of Attributional Patterns toward Students with and without Learning Disabilities
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Woodcock, Stuart; Jiang, Han – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
Claims of the importance of having positive perceptions and expectations of students with learning disabilities (LD) have been repeatedly made over recent years. This article aims to raise awareness of the importance of attributional beliefs in relation to the educational outcomes of students with LD in Australia and China. Australian and Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Attitudes of Primary School Teachers in Three Western Countries toward Learning Disabilities
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Cornoldi, Cesare; Capodieci, Agnese; Colomer Diago, Carla; Miranda, Ana; Shepherd, Katharine G. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
In recent years, teachers in Western countries have developed beliefs and attitudes related to working with students with specific learning disabilities (LD) that may be critical in shaping their educational practices with them; however, their beliefs and attitudes differ across political and geographical contexts and may be influenced by specific…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Learning Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
Thought Processes in Culturally Deprived and Learning Disabled Children--A Comparative Study.
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Itskowitz, Rivka; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1986
Verbal and nonverbal measures of higher cognitive functions were used to examine the degree of difference between the thought processes of culturally deprived and learning disabled children. Four groups of 20 subjects (ages 8-10) were studied. Results of both traditional and qualitative scoring differentiated between the two populations. (JW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences, Disability Identification, Disadvantaged
Cultural Differences in the Hyperactive Syndrome Rated in the Conners Abbreviated Scale.
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Margalit, Malka – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
Sixty normal children and 76 learning disabled children (ages 5 to 12) from regular and special classes in Israel were rated in hyperactivity by their teachers on the Conners Abbreviated Scale. The similarity of the syndrome features in the different educational systems stressed the notion of a specific syndrome defined in similar terms. (Author)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Hyperactivity, Learning Disabilities
A Cross-Cultural, Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Language Abilities of 7- to 8- and 12- to 13-Year-Old Children with Learning Disabilities.
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Wiig, Elisabeth H.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1983
Both German and American children with learning disabilities performed significantly poorer than their age-level controls on semantic, syntactic, auditory memory, and word retrieval tasks. The majority of the language tasks also differentiated the two age levels (7- to 8- and 12- to 13-year olds) for both groups. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Occurring Concomitantly with Linguistic Differences.
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Ortiz, Alba A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
Discusses educational environments that minimize inappropriate referrals to special education for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) learners. Effective instructional practices and competencies needed by teachers of CLD students with learning disabilities are suggested. Specific attention is given to needs of students with learning…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention