Predicting Placement in Learning Disabilities Programs: Do Predictors Vary by Ethnic Group?

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo J. Artiles ◽  
Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz ◽  
Jamal Abedi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
African American ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Predictor Variables ◽  
National Database ◽  
Disproportionate Representation ◽  
Sociocultural Perspective ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Eighth Grade Students

Notwithstanding the historical persistence of the disproportionate representation of ethnic minority students in special education, there is a scarcity of research on factors affecting the placement of minority students in these programs. The purpose of this study was to identify placement predictors in learning disabilities (LD) programs for Latino, African-American, and Anglo students. We used 12 predictor variables from two key domains (student and family) and used placement data from a national database of eighth-grade students. We found that although some factors predicted placement in LD programs for all ethnic groups, placement predictors also varied by student ethnicity. Based on these findings, we provide implications for research and practice from a sociocultural perspective.

Effects of Mnemonic Reconstructions on the Spatial Learning of Adolescents with Learning Disabilities

1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Scruggs ◽  
Margo A. Mastropieri ◽  
Frederick J. Brigham ◽  
G. Sharon Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Spatial Learning ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Training Session ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Analysis Of Results ◽  
Filler Activity

Thirty-nine seventh- and eighth-grade students with learning disabilities received verbal and spatial information about eighteenth-century North American battles under two conditions. In the control condition, learners were provided a map depicting locations of battles, accompanied by descriptive/decorative pictures. Mnemonic condition learners received the same map with the exception that pictures accompanying place names represented reconstructed keywords of those names. In both conditions, pictures were colored red if they represented British victories, blue if they represented American victories. After a training session and a 90-second filler activity, students were asked to locate each battle on an unlabeled map and indicate which side had won the battle. Analysis of results indicated that mnemonic condition students significantly outperformed controls on measures of spatial relocation and correct matching of place name with victor. Effects were especially pronounced on the measure of spatial relocation, in which an effect size of over two standard deviations was obtained. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Regional, institutional and individual factors affecting selection of minimally invasive nephroureterectomy in Japan: A national database analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 695-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toru Sugihara ◽  
Hideo Yasunaga ◽  
Hiromasa Horiguchi ◽  
Tetsuya Fujimura ◽  
Hiroaki Nishimatsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
National Database ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Database Analysis ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Selection Of

Sociodemographic Influences in the Prediction of Attitudes toward Transracial Adoption

2000 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Doty Hollingsworth
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Transracial Adoption ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Caucasian Men ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Age Category

An exploratory study of attitudes toward transracial adoption was conducted, using data from a 1991 national telephone opinion survey of 916 respondents. Seventy-one percent of those surveyed believed that race should not be a factor in who should be allowed to adopt a child. However, in a logistic regression analysis, respondents in the highest age category (i.e., those older than 64 years) were 63% less likely to approve of transracial adoption, compared with 18- to 29-year-olds. There was also an interaction of race and sex. African-American women were 84% less likely than African-American men to approve of transracial adoption. Compared with African-American men, Caucasian men were 72% less likely to approve. The importance of considering subpopulation differences in applying such findings to adoption policy, research, and practice is discussed.

scholarly journals FACTORS AFFECTING HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO SPEEDING

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Dewanti Dewanti ◽  
Jan Prabowo Harmanto
Keyword(s):  
Influencing Factor ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Predictor Variables ◽  
Driving Experience ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Ordered Logistic Regression ◽  
On Line ◽  
Police Presence ◽  
Level Order ◽  
Special Region

This study aims to find factors influencing students to do speeding in Yogyakarta Special Region. 179 respondents filled in on-line and off-line questionnaires to determine options or probabilities of speeding up on a variety of different road / environmental conditions. Cross tab tests and ordered logistic regression are adopted to analyze influencing factors (both internal and external). 3 of 18 predictor variables do not affect speeding behavior, and those are driving experience, road separator, and speed limit signs. While the age, education, and police presence are negatively correlated with speeding behavior, it means that the older, and the higher a person's education and the presence of police, people tend not to have speeding behavior. The other research result is the level order of the influencing factor of speeding (predictor variables). Penelitian ini bertujuan menemukan faktor – faktor yang mempengaruhi pelajar dan mahasiswa melakukan ‘speeding’ atau ngebut di Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Sebanyak 179 responden mengisi kuesioner on-line maupun off-line untuk mengetahui pilihan-pilihan atau probabilitas melakukan ngebut untuk berbagai kondisi jalan/lingkungan yang berbeda. Uji cross tab dan regresi logistic ordinal digunakan untuk menganalisis factor-faktor (baik internal maupun eksternal) yang berpengaruh. Dari 18 variabel predictor, 3 diantaranya tidak berpengaruh, yaitu: pengalaman berkendara, pemisah jalan dan rambu batas kecepatan. Sementara variable usia, pendidikan dan keberadaan polisi berkorelasi negative terhadap perilaku ngebut, artinya semakin bertambah usia, dan makin tinggi pendidikan seseorang serta adanya polisi mendorong orang untuk tidak ngebut. Dihasilkan juga urutan tingkat pengaruh masing-masing factor (variable predictor)

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