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Learning Disabilities

Definitions, 2019
Associate Professor, College of Education, Butler University, 2014 current Coordinator of Global Experiences for the College of Education, Butler University, 2017 current Interim Chair of Undergraduate Learning and Teaching Teams, Butler University, 2019
Jill Smith Howard Diller
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Health and Social Care Staff Awareness of Menopausal Symptoms in Adults With Intellectual Disability: Results From a Survey

BJPsych Open
Aims Menopausal symptoms often go unrecognised in individuals with intellectual disability (ID). There is growing societal awareness of the impact of menopause on mental health, yet this has not been replicated in the ID population. In light of this, we
Jack Wilson, Niall O'Kane, Bernice Knight, Angelica Lindsey-Clark, Jessdeep Rai   +4 more
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Transforming Teacher Knowledge to Practice: Exploring the Impact of a Professional Development Model on Teachers’ Literacy Instruction and Self-Efficacy

Education Sciences
One of the primary challenges of any educational system is providing effective professional development (PD) for teachers, which will integrate knowledge that can be translated into practice.
Orly Lipka, Adi Bufman, Shelley Shaul, Tami Katzir   +3 more
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The short- and long-term effects of a computerized reading training program on reading self-concept in second and third grade readers

Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2019
While computerized reading programs were found to enhance reading skills, less is known about their influence on reading self-concept (RSC). The current study aimed to examine short- and long-term effects of two versions of a computerized reading ...
Ronen Kasperski, Michal Shany, Tal Erez-Hod, Tami Katzir   +3 more
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Expanding the notion of global learning: Turkish-Dutch teens’ networked configurations for learning

, 2020
Digital technology facilitate interactions between learners and resources at a global level. New learner prototypes are therefore proposed, such as the notion of the global learner.
Ünlüsoy, Asli, de Haan, M.J., Leerstoel Haan, Education and Learning: Cognitive and Motor Disabilities, de Haan, Mariëtte, Ünlüsoy, A.   +5 more
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The University Experiences of Students with Learning Disabilities

Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2016
To explore the university experiences of students with learning disabilities (LD), 63,802 responses to the 2014 Student Experience in the Research University Survey were analyzed. Compared to other students, those with self–reported LD (5.96 percent) had
K. McGregor, N. Langenfeld, Sam Van Horne, J. Oleson, Matthew Anson, Wayne Jacobson   +5 more
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Specific learning disability [PDF]

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2018
AbstractSpecific learning disabilities (SLD) have an impact on discrete areas of academic function. They result in a level of difficulty that is unexpected when considered in the context of a student's overall intellectual and academic competence. A common example is dyslexia, an SLD that affects the acquisition of literacy.
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Arithmetic and reading skills mediate the link between math and reading anxiety and word problem solving

Scientific Reports
Children’s ability to solve arithmetic word problems (AWP), which require integrating mathematical and linguistic information, has been associated with academic achievement and future life outcomes.
Dana Tal, Shahar Dotan, Michal Ben-Yair, Tami Katzir, Orly Rubinsten   +4 more
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‘I have the jab so I can’t be blamed for getting pregnant’: contraception and women with learning disabilities [PDF]

, 2009
The aim of this research was to investigate whether, and to what extent, women with learning disabilities were enabled to exercise choice and control when it came to their use of contraception.
McCarthy, Michelle, Michelle McCarthy
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Modulation of Homer1 EVH1 domain internal dynamics by putative autism‐associated mutations

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The putative autism‐associated M65I and S97L variants of the EVH1 domain of the postsynaptic scaffold protein Homer1 do not exhibit substantial changes in their overall structure or partner binding. Both of them, but especially the M65I variant, show altered internal dynamics relative to the wild‐type domain on the μs‐ms timescale, indicated by the ...
Fanni Farkas, Brigitta Maruzs, Zsófia E. Kálmán, Tomas Klumpler, Gyula Batta, Bálint Péterfia, Zoltán Gáspári   +6 more
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