Supporting college students with learning disabilities to become strategic learners

College students with learning disabilitities (LDs) find college especially challenging as they often do not have the skills necessary to be successful in higher education. This thesis examined how strategic learning strategies are affected by constructivist support services for postsecondary studen...

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Main Author: Weil, Brigitte
Other Authors: Ingrid Sladeczek (Internal/Supervisor)
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Language:en
Published: McGill University 2011
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-QMM.1045662014-02-13T03:45:25ZSupporting college students with learning disabilities to become strategic learnersWeil, BrigitteEducation - HigherCollege students with learning disabilitities (LDs) find college especially challenging as they often do not have the skills necessary to be successful in higher education. This thesis examined how strategic learning strategies are affected by constructivist support services for postsecondary students with LDs studying at a postsecondary institution. At Time 1 students with LDs who received support used motivation and time management strategies significantly more than students with LDs who did not receive support. Students with LDs who received support did not differ significantly in their use of anxiety strategies from students with LDs who did not receive support. Neither support history, presence of a LD nor an interaction of support and LD were significant for any of the three areas of strategy use (motivation, anxiety and time management) at Time 1. Students with LDs who received support received grades comparable to their peers without LDs and no support. The strategy use of students with LDs who received support did not change significantly from Time 1 to Time 2.Les étudiants avec troubles d'apprentisages (TA) au niveau collégial vont souventindiquer que l'école est un défi car ils n'ont pas toujours les compétences nécessaire pour réussir à ce niveau. Ce mémoire examine comment les stratégies d'apprentissages stratégiques sont affecter par les services spécialisés constructivist pour les étudiants au niveau collégial avec TA. Au début de l'année scolaire les étudiants avec TA qui recevaient les services spécialisés utilisaient les stratégies pour la motivation et pour gérer le temps plus que les étudiants avec des TA qui ne recevaient pas les services spécialisés. Les étudiants avec les TA qui recevaient les services spécialisés n'ont pas utiliser les stratégies pour gérer l'anxieté différemment que les étudiants avec des TA qui ne recevaient pas les services spécialisés. Ni l'histoire des services spécialisés reçus, les TA, ou une combinaison des deux facteurs a été considérablement différent pour les trois domaines de stratégies (motivation, anxiété, gérer le temps). Les étudiants avec les TA qui recevaient des services spécialisés ont reçu des notes comparables aux étudiants sans TA qui ne recevaient pas des services spécialisés. L'utilisation des domaines de stratégies n'ont pas changé considérablement dès le début de l'année scolaire.McGill UniversityIngrid Sladeczek (Internal/Supervisor)2011Electronic Thesis or Dissertationapplication/pdfenElectronically-submitted theses.All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.Master of Arts (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology) http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=104566
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Weil, Brigitte
Supporting college students with learning disabilities to become strategic learners
description College students with learning disabilitities (LDs) find college especially challenging as they often do not have the skills necessary to be successful in higher education. This thesis examined how strategic learning strategies are affected by constructivist support services for postsecondary students with LDs studying at a postsecondary institution. At Time 1 students with LDs who received support used motivation and time management strategies significantly more than students with LDs who did not receive support. Students with LDs who received support did not differ significantly in their use of anxiety strategies from students with LDs who did not receive support. Neither support history, presence of a LD nor an interaction of support and LD were significant for any of the three areas of strategy use (motivation, anxiety and time management) at Time 1. Students with LDs who received support received grades comparable to their peers without LDs and no support. The strategy use of students with LDs who received support did not change significantly from Time 1 to Time 2. === Les étudiants avec troubles d'apprentisages (TA) au niveau collégial vont souventindiquer que l'école est un défi car ils n'ont pas toujours les compétences nécessaire pour réussir à ce niveau. Ce mémoire examine comment les stratégies d'apprentissages stratégiques sont affecter par les services spécialisés constructivist pour les étudiants au niveau collégial avec TA. Au début de l'année scolaire les étudiants avec TA qui recevaient les services spécialisés utilisaient les stratégies pour la motivation et pour gérer le temps plus que les étudiants avec des TA qui ne recevaient pas les services spécialisés. Les étudiants avec les TA qui recevaient les services spécialisés n'ont pas utiliser les stratégies pour gérer l'anxieté différemment que les étudiants avec des TA qui ne recevaient pas les services spécialisés. Ni l'histoire des services spécialisés reçus, les TA, ou une combinaison des deux facteurs a été considérablement différent pour les trois domaines de stratégies (motivation, anxiété, gérer le temps). Les étudiants avec les TA qui recevaient des services spécialisés ont reçu des notes comparables aux étudiants sans TA qui ne recevaient pas des services spécialisés. L'utilisation des domaines de stratégies n'ont pas changé considérablement dès le début de l'année scolaire.
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