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The Relationship between Learning Difficulties in Foreign Language and Math in a Sample of College Students

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Prevatt, Frances; Proctor, Briley – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2003

Two hundred four (204) college students who had difficulties in both foreign language and math (FLD/MD), only math difficulties (MD), or only foreign language difficulties (FLD) were studied. Analysis of prevalence of presenting problems indicated that FLD and FLD/MD are relatively uncommon, compared to MD. Comparisons among the three groups…

Descriptors: College Students, Learning Problems, Phonology, Second Language Learning

Profiles of Academic Achievement and Cognitive Processing in College Students with Foreign Language Difficulties

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Prevatt, Frances; Proctor, Briley; Swartz, Stacy L.; Canto, Angela I. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2003

This study evaluated the cognitive and achievement profiles of college students experiencing difficulties in foreign language (FLD group). Because past research appears to have generated different results based on the type of comparison groups utilized, we attempted to obtain a better representation of students with foreign language difficulties.…

Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, College Students, Second Languages, Second Language Learning