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ERIC Number: EJ597246
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
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
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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