Students Classified as LD and the College Foreign Language Requirement: A Quantitative Analysis.

Sparks, Richard L.; Philips, Lois; Ganschow, Leonore; Javorsky, James

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Publication Date: 1999

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Students Classified as LD and the College Foreign Language Requirement: A Quantitative Analysis.

Sparks, Richard L.; Philips, Lois; Ganschow, Leonore; Javorsky, James

Journal of Learning Disabilities, v32 n6 p566-80 Nov-Dec 1999

A study of 86 college students with learning disabilities (LD) that received permission to substitute courses for a foreign language (FL) requirement found that there were no differences in cognitive and academic achievement among students with different levels of discrepancy, graduating grade point average (GPA), or college FL GPA. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education, Intelligence Differences, Learning Disabilities, Second Language Programs, Student Characteristics

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Language: English

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