This was an archival study of the effect of support services on academic achievement, students' knowledge of their learning disability, students' acceptance of their learning disability and students' satisfaction with support services. In this study students' files and responses to a support services survey were reviewed. The student file review included a review of grade point averages (entrance--at end of high school; cumulative--after one academic year at the university). The Support Services Survey included demographic information on classification, age, gender, major, region, population of hometown, educational level of parents, parents' incomes, and professions. / Subjects for the study were selected from the population of students currently enrolled in the Florida A&M University, School of General Studies' Learning Development and Evaluation Center. / The statistical procedures for the study were a paired T-test analysis and a multiple regression analysis. The paired T-test analysis was used to compare entrance grade point averages to the students' cumulative grade point averages. The multiple regression analysis was used to ascertain the relationship between the dependent and independent variables, and the interrelationship between each of the independent variables. / A significant difference was found in the students' entry level grade point average and their grade point average after receiving support services for one academic year. In addition, there was a significant relationship between students' knowledge of their learning disability, their acceptance of the disability and the students' academic achievement. A significant relationship between students' knowledge of their learning disability, their acceptance of the disability and satisfaction with support services was not indicated. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-01, Section: A, page: 0219. / Major Professor: R. William English. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1994.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77329 |
| Contributors | Hudson, William Eddie, Sr., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 154 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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