Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ589759
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1053-203X
Factors Relating to the Postsecondary Success of Students with Learning Disabilities.
Strasburger, Richard; Turner, Margaret; Walls, Richard T.
Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, v11 n1 p63-76 1999
A study of 76 college students with learning disabilities (LD) participating in a liberal arts college LD program found that students with more inclusive, less structured supported programs within the secondary school settings were more successful in graduating from college. Although neither performance nor full-scale IQ interacted with these findings, verbal aptitude did. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, College Environment, College Students, Dropout Characteristics, High Schools, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Learning Disabilities, Liberal Arts, Predictor Variables, Program Effectiveness, Student Characteristics, Withdrawal (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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