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Lekhal, Ratib – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2018
A large number of children are today receiving special education in Norway. The high cost to society and possible long-term consequences for the students make it important to understand the interrelationship of the causes and effects related to receiving special education services. Unfortunately, at present there are only few rigorous studies of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Skills
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Hakkarainen, Airi M.; Holopainen, Leena K.; Savolainen, Hannu K. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2016
Learning difficulties have been found to dilute the possibilities that young adults have in their educational careers. However, during the last few decades, education has become increasingly important for employment and overall life satisfaction. In the present study, we were interested in the effects of mathematical and reading difficulties and…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Learning Problems, Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems
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Dias, Paulo C.; Cadime, Irene – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2016
Attitudes towards inclusive education have a crucial place in the effective implementation of inclusion practices. The aim of this study was to explore teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education in preschool education in Portugal and to identify teachers' personal and professional variables that influence these attitudes. The data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Schwab, Susanne; Gebhardt, Markus; Krammer, Mathias; Gasteiger-Klicpera, Barbara – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2015
Successful inclusive education creates a learning environment that supports not only the cognitive abilities of all children but also their social and emotional development. The present study focuses on the development of social participation of students with and without special education needs (SEN). A longitudinal study with two measurement…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Longitudinal Studies, Predictor Variables, Social Integration
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Barlow, Alexandra; Humphrey, Neil – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2012
Parents' involvement in their children's education is known to be an important predictor of a range of adaptive outcomes. For learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), lack of parental engagement and confidence has been highlighted as a problematic issue. Given this, the objectives of the current study were to: (i) determine…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Educational Needs
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Perez, Luz F.; Beltran, Jesus A. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2008
The purpose of the study was to determine whether the application of a school intervention programme based on the theory of multiple intelligences improves the academic achievement of students with low intellectual capacity, and whether the intervention programme also improves their level of general intelligence. The assessment design is…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Multiple Intelligences, Intervention, Academic Achievement
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van Dongen, D. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 1987
A study of 600 children in Dutch primary schools attempted to identify early predictors of reading problems leading to grade repetition or assignment to special education in first grade. Results suggest that the possibility of early detection is very limited. (MSE)
Descriptors: Early Identification, Foreign Countries, Grade Repetition, Handicap Identification