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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
Morrison, Gale M. – Learning Disabilities Research, 1985
The self-perceptions of students were compared to parallel ratings by their teachers for four groups of subjects: 69 nondisabled, 18 learning-disabled-resource room, 25 learning-disabled-resource room, and 33 learning-disabled special class students. Results varied according to which teacher and students, which setting, and which aspect of self…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Resource Room Programs
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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
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
Norris, Carol A.; And Others – 1981
The Learning Disabled/Emotionally Handicapped (LD/EH) Program in the Phoenix Union High School District served 2,413 students during 1980-81 with either a resource or self contained program. The ethnic distribution of LD students was consistent with the overall District ratio. In the EH program, however, there were more Anglo and Native Americans…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Emotional Disturbances, Ethnic Groups, High Schools
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Guterman, Beverly R. – Exceptional Children, 1995
This study assessed the effects of special education placement from the perspectives of nine high school students receiving learning disabilities services in separate classrooms. Students did not view their experiences as either socially or academically efficacious, but they valued the services to avoid an unresponsive general education system and…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming
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Bak, John J.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1987
Students in grades four to six (N=77) judged the capabilities of peers traditionally labeled as "learning disabled" or "educable mentally retarded" but depicted in written vignettes only as attending either a resource room or special classroom. Students in special classes were judged significantly less capable than students in resource room…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Intermediate Grades, Labeling (of Persons), Learning Disabilities
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Morvitz, Edward; Motta, Robert W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
This study of students in grades 3-6 found that, for learning-disabled students in self-contained placements, subjects' perception of maternal and paternal acceptance plus subjects' academic achievement accounted for 58 percent of variance in subjects' self-esteem. These variables were not significantly correlated with the self-esteem of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
Morrison, Gale M.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1992
This study investigated social support preferences of Hispanic male junior high school students with (n=22) and without (n=11) mild learning handicaps for various life stressors. Students with handicaps were more likely to choose "nobody" and less likely to choose siblings than nonhandicapped peers. Differences between special class and resource…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Interpersonal Relationship, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools, CA. – 1963
A 6-year field study project was undertaken to try out some patterns of special education with neurologically handicapped children. Three phases emphasized these objectives: feasibility, class size, pupil safety, approval, incidence, referral, diagnosis, placement, curriculum, treatment, evaluation, teacher qualifications, parent reactions,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Clinical Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Research