Diane C Wiernasz, Blaine J Cole
Offspring Size and Reproductive Allocation in Harvester Ants
The American naturalist
introduction learning disability ld affects many schoolgoing children seldom recognized treated teachers spend time students easily recognize ld observing academic activities behaviors context present study conducted assess knowledge practices teachers regarding ld evaluate impact educational intervention teachers knowledge regarding ld screening referral methods preexperimental study including prepost interventional assessments teachers conducted june 2018 december 2019 universal sample 150 teachers 10 schools teaching primary first fifth grade upper primary sixth eight grade grades included knowledge ld assessed using dyslexia assessment languages india dali educational intervention assessing screening identifying ld implemented data analyzed using spss version 240 ibm inc armonk new york using descriptive statistics mean median standard deviation prepost test results compared using mcnemar test results overall knowledge ld 247 baseline improved 76 postintervention p0001 knowledge components showed improvement teachers good level knowledge increased 21 84 postintervention screening students increased 053 1337 suspicion rate ld increased 004 194 postintervention conclusion knowledge ld poor among school teachers however overall knowledge ld specific domains screening well actual ld screening significantly improved intervention p0001 emphasizes need training primary postprimary school teachers ld services available children ld