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Teachers' Demographic Factors Influencing Their Attitudes Towards Education of Students with Learning Disabilities in Regular Classrooms in Ibadan, Nigeria Lazarus, Kelechi Uchemadu
Indonesian Journal of Disability Studies Vol. 7 No. 2 (2020)
Publisher : The Center for Disability Studies and Services Brawijaya University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (486.499 KB) | DOI: 10.21776/ub.ijds.2020.007.02.08

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The study investigated the level of attitudes towards the education of students with learning disabilities among teachers in regular education classrooms. It also examined the influence of four teachers' demographic factors on their attitudes towards education of students with learning disabilities in regular classrooms Ibadan, Nigeria. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study whilst the multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted to select the study sample. A total of 125 teachers participated in the study, 64 (51.2%) were males whilst 61 (48.8%) were females. A self-designed questionnaire tagged Teachers' Attitude towards Education of Students with Learning Disabilities in Regular Education Classrooms (TAESLDRECQ) with a reliability of 0. 81 was utilized to collect data. One research question and four hypotheses were generated and tested. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistics were employed to analyze the data generated from the participants at 0.05 level of significance. Whilst the result of the research question reveals a grand mean of 2.59 which is slightly higher than the criterion mean of 2.50, the result from the test of norm showed that 9.6% (n=12) teachers had negative attitude, whilst 90.4% (n=113) teachers had positive attitude. Therefore, it was concluded that there is a positive attitude towards education of students with learning disabilities in regular education classrooms. The results shows that teachers' attitudes towards education of students with learning disabilities in regular education classrooms based on: gender (Crit-t = 1.96, Cal.t = 1.440, DF = 123; educational qualification (F = 1.630, p(.171)>.05); years of experience (F = 2.329, p(.102)>.05); and category of students taught which could be either junior secondary or senior secondary class (Crit-t = 1.96, Cal.t = .035, DF = 123, p(0.973) towards education of students with learning disabilities in regular education classrooms. Hence, it was concluded that teachers' attitude towards education of students with learning disabilities is the same irrespective of their gender, educational qualification, years of experience and category of student taught (either junior secondary or senior secondary class). On the basis of these findings, it was recommended that there should be more trainings and in-service professional development programmes such as orientation, workshops, seminars, conferences to allow teachers in regular education classrooms to acquire knowledge, skills and values required for the adequate education of students with learning disabilities in their classrooms.
Strategies for Promoting Collaboration in Reading Comprehension Lessons among Students with Learning Disabilities Lazarus, Kelechi Uchemadu
Indonesian Journal of Disability Studies Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021)
Publisher : The Center for Disability Studies and Services Brawijaya University

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Efficient skills in reading comprehension enable secondary school students to make meaningful and remarkable advancements in their studies. However, many students with learning disabilities struggle with reading comprehension and consequently obtain low grades in their academic pursuits. This paper pointed out that improvement in reading comprehension and academic achievement among secondary school students with learning disabilities is possible through engaging the students in collaborative learning activities within reading comprehension context. The paper therefore highlighted the principles that guide collaborative classrooms and the benefits of student collaboration in reading comprehension context. Evidence-based interventions that emphasize collaboration such as cooperative learning, peer tutoring, reciprocal teaching, collaborative strategic reading, and directed reading-thinking activity were discussed. Recommendations were made which include that teachers should ensure that they infuse collaboration into reading comprehension lessons of students with learning disabilities by making use of a variety of teaching strategies that stress collaboration, assigning roles to group members and ensuring that group members adhere to the laid down rules for the groups.
Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies as Predictors of Reading Comprehension Achievement among Students with Learning Disabilities in Nigeria Lazarus, Kelechi Uchemadu; Anwalimhobor, Blessing I.
Indonesian Journal of Disability Studies Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023)
Publisher : The Center for Disability Studies and Services Brawijaya University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21776/ub.ijds.2023.010.01.07

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Reading is an essential language skill in students’ educational success. However, reports have shown that the most prevalent type of academic difficulties among secondary school students with learning disabilities is reading difficulties. Previous studies focused more on interventions to improve reading comprehension achievement of students with learning disabilities than on the influence of metacognitive strategies on students’ reading comprehension achievement. This study, therefore, investigated the influence of metacognitive awareness of (before, during and after) reading strategies on the reading comprehension achievement of students with learning disabilities in Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) in Ibadan, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive research design. A sample of 100 students with learning disabilities was purposively selected from nine SSS in Ibadan, Nigeria. Instruments used were Academic records, Screening Checklist for Suspected Learning Disabilities, English Language Achievement Test, Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Questionnaire and the Reading Comprehension Test. Data collected were analyzed using the Multiple regression analysis at 0.05 level of significance. There was a joint contribution of the independent variables (metacognitive awareness of before, during and after reading strategies) to reading comprehension achievement (F(3,96)=3.61; R2=0.101). The result also reveals the relative contributions of metacognitive awareness of reading strategies (before, during and after) to the reading comprehension achievement among students with learning disabilities as follows: before (β = 0.25), after (β = 0.23) and during (β = -0.17) reading strategies. The study concludes that metacognitive awareness of (before, during and after) reading strategies influence reading comprehension achievement of students with learning disabilities. It is therefore recommended that students with learning disabilities should be trained on the use of metacognitive (before, during and after) reading strategies for improved reading comprehension achievement.
Personal Factors as Predictors of Attitude Towards ICT Utilisation Among Lecturers of Students with Special Needs in Nigeria Lazarus, Kelechi Uchemadu
Indonesian Journal of Disability Studies Vol. 11 No. 2 (2024)
Publisher : The Center for Disability Studies and Services Brawijaya University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21776/ub.ijds.2024.11.2.8

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Teaching students with special educational needs in higher institutions of learning, through the use of information and communication technology (ICT) facilities and equipment is beneficial to both the students and their lecturers. This study, therefore, investigates the contribution of lecturers’ personal factors (age, teaching experience, area of specialization and educational qualification) to the attitude of lecturers towards the use of ICT in teaching students with special educational needs in higher institutions of learning in Oyo State Nigeria. The descriptive research design was used, while the multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted for the study. There was a purposive selection of two institutions namely, the University of Ibadan and Federal College of Education (Special) Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria. Using random sampling technique, 80 lecturers were selected from the two institutions. An adapted questionnaire on the attitudes of in-service teachers toward the use of the ICT was adopted for data collection. Data was analysed using frequency counts, percentages and multiple regression statistics. Demographic profiles revealed that the majority of the respondents were aged 44 years and above, highly experienced lecturers, Ph.D holders, special educators and from the non-science disciplines. The joint contribution of personal factors to lecturers’ attitude towards the use of ICT in teaching persons with special educational needs shows a multiple correlation R of 0.147 and a multiple R2 of 0.022. Also, the relative contributions of the independent variables to the dependent variable, expressed as beta weights, reveal: age (β = 0.02), teaching experience (β = 0.10), area of specialization (β = 0.07), and educational qualification (β = 0.03) respectively. The study concluded that the selected demographic variables are not significant predictors of lecturers’ attitude towards the use of ICT in teaching students with special educational needs in higher institutions of learning. It was recommended that all categories of lecturers, notwithstanding their demographics, should be encouraged to acquire more skills in the use of ICT tools for teaching their students with special educational needs and use these skills effectively for enhanced learning outcomes.
Co-Authors Anwalimhobor, Blessing I.