The Relationship between Fear of Failure and Learning Disabilities

1983 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Bryan ◽  
L. J. Sonnefeld ◽  
B. Grabowski

The Test Anxiety Scale for Children (TASC) and the Lie Scale for Children (LSC) were administered to 60 children, half of whom were defined by schools as learning disabled. An analysis of covariance indicated that learning disabled subjects were more anxious than their nondisabled counterparts, and that their test anxiety was significantly related to reading and mathematics achievement scores.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Hasan ◽  
Salahuddin Khan

The present research study aims to examine the academic achievement of secondary school students in relation to gender differences. The study was carried out on a sample of 100 male and female students studying in class IXth of Aligarh District, U.P. India. Two self developed tools were applied which finally analysed by applying Mean, SD, t-Test and Pearson‟s Coefficient Correlation (r). Results revealed a significant difference between male and female students in English achievement scores and also no significant difference was found between English and Mathematics achievement scores of IXth grade male students. Results also revealed low positive correlation between English and Mathematics achievement of male students of IXth grade and moderate positive correlation between English and Mathematics achievement of female students of IXth grade. The results suggested to the need of motivation and encouragement for enhancing academic achievement scores of male and female students.


1979 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara G. Tarver ◽  
Barbara R. Buss ◽  
Ronald P. Maggiore

Historically, most programming and research efforts in the field of learning disabilities have focused on the disabilities evidenced by LD children and youth. By representing an attempt to consider the positive attributes of LD individuals, the study of creativity in the learning disabled population takes on special significance. The results of this investigation support the relationship between selective attention and creativity in LD boys. However, it was found that the relationship changed as a function of age and the type of creativity measured. The issues raised by this line of inquiry should provide impetus for other investigations designed to explore such attributes as creativity in learning disabled children and youth.


1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
David S. Goh ◽  
Joy M. Hanson Wood

To investigate learning disabled children's development of conservation concepts and its relationship with academic achievement 24 normal and 23 learning disabled children were individually administered the Concept Assessment Kit-Conservation, the Peabody Individual Achievement Test, and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. Analysis indicated that learning disabled children showed slower development in acquisition of conservation concepts than their normal peers. Age affected conservation development of learning disabled children. Correlations were moderate to high for conservation concepts with reading and mathematics achievement in learning disabled children. Educational implications of the findings were discussed.


1980 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda E. O'Donnell

The relationship between intra-individual discrepancy and exceptionality is studied in 248 children from grades one through six. Categories of exceptionality include children classified as: gifted/creative; sensorily impaired; behavior disordered; physically handicapped; mentally retarded; and learning disabled. The discrepancy between a child's expected level of functioning and actual level of functioning is computed by nine formulae commonly used in the field of special education. The study revealed a highly statistically significant relationship between discrepancies and exceptionalities, though a relatively low strength of association was found. The results also indicate that the intra-individual discrepancy is questionable when used as the defining characteristic of special learning disabilities; such a discrepancy is equally likely to occur in children classified as sensorily disordered, behaviorally disordered, and learning disabled.


1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 327-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fran Trocinsky Fleener

62% of 50 adjudicated delinquents in the Palouse area of eastern Washington and northern Idaho showed learning disabilities when tested. Among the learning disabled and nonlearning disabled delinquents, there was no difference in kind or seriousness of delinquent activity. The typical delinquent of the nonurban Palouse area tends to be white, male and has a learning disability. His reading and mathematics skills are at least two years below grade. His family is large; his real parents are divorced. He comes from a poorer economic and cultural background than do the nondelinquents. This analysis suggests that the academic treatment of the learning disabled youngster should not be ignored as a factor in delinquency, especially in economically and culturally poor families.


2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Lim Kok Seng

<p class="apa">This study examines the relationship between mathematics test anxiety and numerical anxiety on students’ mathematics achievement. 140 pre-university students who studied at one of the institutes of higher learning were being investigated. Gender issue pertaining to mathematics anxieties was being addressed besides investigating the magnitude of the variables for mathematics test anxiety and numerical anxiety. The data revealed that there was a positive correlation between mathematics test anxiety and numerical anxiety on students’ mathematics achievement. Results of the multiple regressions showed that all the variables of mathematics anxieties were statistically significant on students’ mathematics achievement. Non-parametric tests also revealed that mathematics anxiety was statistically significant in measuring students’ mathematics achievement.</p>


1979 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Cawley ◽  
Anne M. Fitzmaurice ◽  
Robert Shaw ◽  
Harris Kahn ◽  
Herman Bates

This represents the second in a series of three articles by John F. Cawley and his associates on mathematics and learning disabled students. Based on information gleaned from the literature as well as an extensive data pool collected by the authors, the present article includes an interpretative review of the characteristics of learning disabled youth as they relate to mathematics. The authors delineate the many facets of failure with which the learning disabled youngster is faced. A set of discriminators are specified for identification of certain subgroups of learning disabilities. Finally, the data presented are shown to provide insight into assessment procedures for youth with disabilities in mathematics. The final article in this series on mathematics will appear in the Spring issue of the Quarterly. The focus will be on problem solving and the application of mathematical skills and concepts to “real-life” situations.


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