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Autor/in | Mehta, Deepti |
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Titel | Awareness among Teachers of Learning Disabilities in Students at Different Board Levels |
Quelle | (2006), (7 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Learning Disabilities; Dyslexia; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Perception; Boards of Education; Foreign Countries; India |
Abstract | Learning disability is a complex phenomenon to understand. There are many connotations of learning disabilities thus even today it creates confusion in the mind of the general public and the professionals. Learning disability is a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language. These may be manifested in disorders of listening, thinking, talking, reading, writing, spelling or arithmetic. They include conditions which have been referred to as perceptual handicap, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, developmental aphasia, etc... they do not include learning problems which are due to primarily to visual, hearing, motor handicaps or mental retardation, emotional disturbances or to environmental disadvantage. The research study was based on finding the awareness level about the following: (1) Concept of learning disabilities; (2) Dyslexia; (3) Dysgraphia; and (4) Dyscalculia. The study was conducted in the following boards: SSC, CBSE, and ICSE. Objectives of the study: (1) To study the awareness among teachers of learning disabilities in students of different board levels; (2) To study the awareness among teachers of learning disabilities in students at primary level and secondary level of different board levels. Findings of the study: The study has revealed that there is a significant difference in the awareness level of learning disabilities in student's among teachers of different boards. Amongst the boards ICSE board teachers are more aware about learning disabilities as compared to the CBSE and SSC board. This was seen by a significant difference in their mean scores. (Author). |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/4/10 |