Learning Disabilities

The Effect of Mobile Technology as an Active Student Response System on the Acquisition of U.S. History Content of Secondary Students with Specific Learning Disabilities

“…Further, of all K-12 students receiving special education services, 63% are identified as having SLD (NCES, 2012). Students with SLD demonstrate difficulties adjusting academically and socially (Matson & Fodstad, 2010). Only 10% of students with SLD enroll in a college or university within two years of graduating from high school (Wagner, Newman, Cameto, Garza, & Levine, 2005).…”

“…According to Wagner et al (2003), nearly 50% of students with SLD perform more than three grade levels below their enrolled grade and earn lower academic grades than their peers without disabilities. These students typically display negative attention seeking behaviors to avoid learning tasks and demonstrate an inability to maintain friendships (Matson & Fodstad, 2010). They also have difficulty attending to a task for an extended period of time (Matson & Fodstad, 2010).…”

“…These students typically display negative attention seeking behaviors to avoid learning tasks and demonstrate an inability to maintain friendships (Matson & Fodstad, 2010). They also have difficulty attending to a task for an extended period of time (Matson & Fodstad, 2010). In the long-term, students with SLD experience higher drop-out rates, issues with interpersonal-social relationships, poor job skills, and job instability (Cortiella, 2009;Matson & Fodstad, 2010).…”

“…They also have difficulty attending to a task for an extended period of time (Matson & Fodstad, 2010). In the long-term, students with SLD experience higher drop-out rates, issues with interpersonal-social relationships, poor job skills, and job instability (Cortiella, 2009;Matson & Fodstad, 2010).…”

“…SLD is characterized by a deficit in one or more of the psychological domains involved in perceiving and understanding written or verbal communication (IDEA, 2004;Matson & Fodstad, 2010). Students with SLD exhibit processing deficits and delays in the areas of: (a) expressive/receptive language, (b) phonological processing, and (c) working memory (Flanagan, Ortiz, Alfonso, & Dynda, 2006;Swanson, 2011).…”