Daryl F. Mellard|Margaret Becker Patterson
Contrasting Adult Literacy Learners With and Without Specific Learning Disabilities
University of Kansas|University of Kansas
contrasting adult literacy learners without specific learning disabilities study 311 adult education ae learners found 29 selfreported specific learning disability sld significant differences demographic academic life experience variables adult learners without sld included prior participation special education sld diagnosis high school diploma low reading scores middle age negative perceptions limitations due reading abilities posthoc regression analysis found sld status significantly contributes variance reading level controlling age iq findings conclude sld status considered educationally relevant variable adult education warrants diagnostic clinical teaching approach