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Promoting Strategic Learning by Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities

Butler, Deborah L.·1995·Journal of Learning Disabilities

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The research described here investigated the effectiveness of an intervention model designed to promote self-regulated and strategic learning: Strategic Content Learning (SCL). In SCL, rather that focusing on teaching students specific cognitive strategies, instruction focuses on supporting students to develop a strategic approach to learning. The study comprised six parallel case studies embedded within a single-group, pre-post design. Each student chose a task of importance to current or future academic work, and individualized support was provided on those tasks. Participants were adults with learning disabilities (5 women and 1 man, ages 18 to 36 years) enrolled in postsecondary education programs. Results indicated, that students' task performance improved. Additionally, gains in metacognitive knowledge about tasks and strategies, increased perceptions of self-efficacy, and shifts in attributional patterns were observed. Most critically, the evidence suggested that students became more self-regulated in their learning: They were active in developing and modifying strategies, they transferred strategies across contexts, and they began to attack noninstructed tasks strategically. The particular suitability of SCL as an intervention for adults with learning disabilities is described, and implications of the findings for research and practice are discussed.

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  • Strategy instruction interventions were reported to yield promising outcomes, including improvement and maintenance of GPA, improved writing abilities and metacognitive knowledge, ability to identify and recall information, reading comprehension, understanding of course content and study preparation skills, and reduced test anxiety.

    “Such interventions were reported in three reviews (Anderson et al., 2019; Hock, 2012; Zeng et al., 2018) documenting promising outcomes, such as improvement and maintenance of grade point average (GPA) (Allsopp et al., 2005), improved writing abilities and metacognitive knowledge about writing tasks (Butler, 1995; Butler et al., 2000), ability to identify and recall information (Cooper et al., 201”

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Authors
Butler, D. L.
Affiliations
University of British Columbia (CA)
Corresponding author
Butler, Deborah L.
Venue
Journal of Learning Disabilities
Published
1995-03
Volume
28
Issue
3
Pages
170-190
ISSN
  • 0022-2194 (ISSN-L)
  • 1538-4780
OpenAlex
W2103528355
Cited by
106
References
54
Citations by year
2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 3
FWCI
10.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Learning Disabilities (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Education and Employment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
Keywords
learning disabilities, postsecondary students, student self-regulation, strategic learning, metacognition, self-efficacy, strategy transfer, individualized support, adult learners
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Learning, Learning Disabilities, Male, Students, Task Performance and Analysis, Teaching

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