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ERIC Number: EJ672996
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
Students Classified as LD Who Petitioned for or Fulfilled the College Foreign Language Requirement--Are They Different? A Replication Study.
Sparks, Richard L.; Philips, Lois; Javorsky, James
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v36 n4 p348-62 Jul-Aug 2003
A replication study compared 86 petition students who received course substitutions for the college foreign language (FL) requirement with 40 nonpetition students who fulfilled the requirement by passing FL courses. Findings indicate more than half of all the students did not meet criteria for learning disability classification. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Classification, Disability Identification, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Second Language Instruction, Student Characteristics, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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