Note: / Many studies have explored the effectiveness of interventions directed towards helping highschool students with learning disabilities to achieve academic success. These studies oftenoverlook the perspectives of the students, or the common deficits among students with differentlearning disability diagnoses, when developing or implementing the interventions. This studylooked to develop a grounded theory regarding the perspectives of these students towards theirperceived barriers to academic success in addition to their perspectives regarding their resourcesfor coping. The theory is grounded upon qualitative data that were collected from participants inan academic support program for students with learning disabilities. A convenience sample wastaken from this program, which is based upon the cognitive apprenticeship model that pairsstudents with tutor mentors who help them to succeed academically. Data collection includedaudio-recorded interviews, student reflection sheets, tutor journals, and video-recorded sessions.The data were triangulated and analyzed to develop a theory designed to inform practice forschools and support programs that offer resources for students with learning disabilities. Thedevelopment of a theory based on the perspectives of the students can provide the inspiration forthe future development of potentially effective intervention programs.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.122942 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | D'Intino, Joseph |
| Contributors | (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Masters of Education. (Educational Psychology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library |
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