Canadian FSL Teacher Candidate Beliefs about Students with Learning Difficulties

Influencing Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching Mathematics for Numeracy to Students with Mathematics Learning Difficulties

This paper reports on the beliefs of a group of K-8 mathematics teachers about appropriate goals and methods of mathematics teaching for students with mathematics learning difficulties and for students generally. The teachers were involved in a brief professional learning program that aimed to provide them with effective strategies for mathematics teaching for numeracy, and to influence their r...

the relationship between locus of control and iranian efl university students’ beliefs about language learning

this exploratory study aimed to investigate a possible relationship between learners’ beliefs about language learning and one of their personality traits; that is,locus of control (loc). both variables, beliefs and locus of control, are assumed to influence the language learning process. the internal control index (ici) and the beliefs about language learning inventory (balli) were administered...

Students with Disabilities, Learning Difficulties and Disadvantages

Are students' beliefs about knowledge and learning associated with their reported use of learning strategies?

BACKGROUND Although considerable research has examined beliefs and learning outcomes (e.g. Schommer, 1990, 1993a, 1993b; Schommer & Dunnell, 1997), little has looked at the relationship between beliefs and the actual learning process. AIMS This research examines the relationship between beliefs about learning and knowledge, and reports of learning strategy-use relevant for successful text com...

Examining High School Students on their Ideas about the Social Exclusion of Peers with Learning Difficulties