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Holopainen, Leena; Taipale, Airi; Savolainen, Hannu – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2017
In this study, the relationship between adolescents' difficulty in mathematics and reading and the influence on academic self-concept and school grades was examined. The participants (N = 585; 299 girls, 286 boys) were one age group of ninth-graders whose mathematics and reading skills were assessed at the end of comprehensive school at age…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Problems, Correlation
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Gavazzi, Stephen M.; Russell, Christiana M.; Khurana, Atika – Negro Educational Review, 2009
Disproportionately large numbers of Black youth experience repeated encounters with the juvenile justice system, and often these same youth present with a variety of school-related difficulties. Data from a sample of 842 Black males, assessed in five Ohio juvenile courts using the Global Risk Assessment Device (GRAD), are used to describe the…
Descriptors: African American Children, Learning Problems, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement
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Gadeyne, Els; Ghesquiere, Pol; Onghena, Patrick – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: In this study, psychosocial functioning of different groups of young children with learning problems was investigated using a diverse set of psychosocial variables (including behaviour problems, academic motivation, social preference, and self-concept). Methods: For this purpose, children with low academic achievement, with a specific…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Academic Achievement, Learning Motivation