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Kuronja, Maja; Cagran, Branka; Krajnc, Majda Schmidt – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2019
This study investigates primary school teachers' sense of efficacy in their work with pupils with learning, emotional, and behavioural difficulties (LEBD), both in mainstream inclusive classrooms and in special classrooms for pupils in residential treatment institutions. Using an online questionnaire survey, data were collected on teachers'…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Self Efficacy, Teacher Student Relationship
Charalambous, Theodora; Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi; Giannikas, Christina Nicole – Research-publishing.net, 2021
Students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in universities are a challenging issue of much concern. University students often need to attend English for Academic Purposes (EAP) classes to complete their studies, as it is necessary for their academic progress. According to Gathercole, Alloway, Willis, and Adams (2006), SEN students show low…
Descriptors: College Students, Special Needs Students, English for Academic Purposes, Short Term Memory
Kikas, Eve; Mannamaa, Mairi; Kumari, Vaike; Ulst, Triin – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2008
The relationships among verbal skills of primary school students with learning disabilities and a typically developing comparison group were studied and compared with written tasks carried out in Estonian classrooms. Word defining, categorising/justifying, guessing, and memorising tasks were used. The participants were 251 students in Grades 2-4;…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Guessing (Tests), Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Students
Bochner, Sandra; And Others – Australian Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1980
The article describes the teaching and research activities of a primary classroom in Australia which serves 8- to 11-year-old children who have major deficits in basic academic skills. Sections address classroom organization, referral, entry, teaching programs, and procedures. The cases of two children are presented to demonstrate the effects of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities
Svec, Henry – 1984
To investigate self-concept, 50 learning disabled adolescents from a regular high school who were receiving resource room assistance were given the Situation Specific Subject Competence Test for self-concept. Their scores were compared with 50 learning disabled adolescents from a self-contained program. The adolescents from the self-contained…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Resource Room Programs

Eshel, Yohanan; And Others – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1994
Two Israeli studies compared a total of 108 elementary or high school students with mild learning disabilities placed in either self-contained or regular classes. The studies found no evidence that student growth was greater in the self-contained class, although these students did tend to have a higher academic self-concept. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Tagg, Mary – 1976
A survey of slow learner education in state secondary schools was conducted in Auckland and North Auckland, New Zealand. Thirty-five schools containing 30,787 pupils replied to the questionnaire which covered the following areas: assessment prior to placement, educational objectives, identification methods, special classes, teaching groups,…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs, Foreign Countries
Porlier, Pascale; Saint-Laurent, Lise; Page, Pierre – 1999
This study compared the perceptions of 227 ninth- and tenth-grade students with learning disabilities in regular and special secondary classrooms. Students' perceptions of their classroom environment and their social competence were assessed. Results showed that students with learning disabilities perceived regular classes as being better…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, High Schools

Watson, Judith – British Journal of Special Education, 1999
Considers the potential of social-constructivist ideas of teaching and learning for pupils with learning difficulties from a British perspective. Reports on a study with a class of eight students with moderate learning disabilities studying the local community. Benefits to individual students in the development of conceptual understanding and…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Methods, Foreign Countries

Butler, Ruth; Marinov-Glassman, Deganit – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Measures of perceived competence and perceived achievement were administered to 222 Israeli students with either learning disabilities or low achievement in grades 3, 5, and 7. Subjects were either in special schools, in special classes in regular schools, or in regular classes. Perceived competence was highest among younger children and the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Competence, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Wees, Janet – 1992
This paper describes a special class program for gifted students (aged 9 to 12) with learning disabilities in Calgary (Alberta). The program has evolved over its 4 years to stress kinesthetic, experiential learning. The issue of remediation versus enrichment was resolved when it was found that the students responded best to whole theme…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Enrichment Activities, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries