Students Classified as LD Who Received Course Substitutions for the College Foreign Language Requirement: A Replication Study.

Sparks, Richard L.; Philips, Lois G.; Javorsky, James

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ERIC Number: EJ657302

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Publication Date: 2002

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Students Classified as LD Who Received Course Substitutions for the College Foreign Language Requirement: A Replication Study.

Sparks, Richard L.; Philips, Lois G.; Javorsky, James

Journal of Learning Disabilities, v35 n6 p482-95,538 Nov-Dec 2002

A study involving 158 college students with learning disabilities who were granted foreign language course substitutions found there were few cognitive and academic achievement differences among students with differing levels of IQ-achievement or achievement-achievement discrepancy on Modern Language Aptitude Test and American College Testing scores or graduating grade point average. (Contains references.) (CR)

Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Intelligence Quotient, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Required Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Languages

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Language: English

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