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Parents' Perceptions of the Quality of Friendship of Their Children with Learning Disabilities.
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Wiener, Judith; Sunohara, Glen – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
Parents of 16 children (ages 10 to 14) with learning disabilities were interviewed about their perceptions of the quality of friendship of their children. Mothers sometimes disagreed that child-nominated friends were truly friends and often attributed their children's problems with friendships to social immaturity or social-skills deficits.…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Interviews
Loneliness and Students with Learning Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms: Self-Perceptions, Coping Strategies, and Preferred Interventions.
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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
Do Children Classified as Learning Disabled Understand the Criterial Dimensions of Different Types of Uncontested and Contested Knowledge?
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Nelson, Ron; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
Sixty elementary students with learning disabilities were interviewed about parallel domains of uncontested and contested knowledge on the topic of space, including questions of morality and questions of empirical law. Students clearly distinguished between uncontested and contested knowledge, suggesting that they are capable of working with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education
Perceptions of Students with Language and Learning Disabilities about Writing Process Instruction.
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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
Perspectives of Students with Learning Disabilities about Special Education Placement.
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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
Mixed-Ability Grouping for Reading: What Students Think.
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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)
Critical Issues in Learning Disabilities. The Cross-Cultural Nature of Learning Disabilities: A Profile in Perseverance.
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Lerner, Janet; Chen, Andy – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1992
This article offers a profile of Dr. Andy Chen, an individual from Taiwan with learning disabilities who became an assistant professor of accounting at Northeastern Illinois University. The interview follows his progress through school, college, military service, and postgraduate work and describes learning strategies he developed to deal with his…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries