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What Is behind the Diagnosis of Learning Disability in Austrian Schools? An Empirical Evaluation of the Results of the Diagnostic Process
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Gebhardt, Markus; Krammer, Mathias; Schwab, Susanne; Rossmann, Peter; Gasteiger Klicpera, Barbara – International Journal of Special Education, 2013
Every school system has to deal with children with Learning Disabilities (LD). However, the concepts of LD, the assessment procedures, the diagnostic criteria as well as their interpretation vary widely from country to country. What they usually have in common is that general cognitive abilities, as measured by standardized IQ tests, are seen as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Diagnosis, Learning Disabilities, Standardized Tests
The Paradoxical Relationship between Student Achievement and Self-Perception: A Cross-National Analysis Based on Three Waves of TIMSS Data
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Shen, C.; Tam, H. P. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
Using 3 waves of the TIMSS data, this study investigates the relationship between 8th-graders' mathematics and science achievement and their self-perceptions on these 2 subjects. For within-country data, there is generally a positive relationship between students' achievement and the following 3 measures of their self-perception: how much they…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Academic Standards, Correlation, Mathematics Achievement