George J DuPau, Melanie K Franklin, Brittany L Pollack, Kristen S Stack, Aliza R Jaffe, Matthew J Gormley, Arthur D AnastopouIos, Lisa L Weyandt
{"title":"Predictors and Trajectories of Educational Functioning in College Students With and Without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.","authors":"George J DuPau, Melanie K Franklin, Brittany L Pollack, Kristen S Stack, Aliza R Jaffe, Matthew J Gormley, Arthur D AnastopouIos, Lisa L Weyandt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>College students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at greater risk than peers for im-paired educational functioning; however, little is known regarding their longitudinal academic outcomes. This study examined: (a) differences between ADHD and control participants in academic outcomes (i.e., semester GPA, credits attempted, credits earned) over the first two years of college, and (b) factors that predict second year outcomes. A sample of 456 students (50% with ADHD; 51.8% female; 71.7% Caucasian) from 10 universities completed two annual assessments. Compared to students without ADHD, students with ADHD experience more academic difficulties that persist over two years. Motivation to study reported in year one was a significant predictor of year two GPA, suggesting the importance of providing services as early as possible to support students before they struggle.</p>","PeriodicalId":46162,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6586431/pdf/nihms-993485.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37090268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomastine Sarchet, Marc Marschark, Georgianna Borgna, Carol Convertino, Patricia Sapere, Richard Dirmyer
{"title":"Vocabulary Knowledge of Deaf and Hearing Postsecondary Students.","authors":"Thomastine Sarchet, Marc Marschark, Georgianna Borgna, Carol Convertino, Patricia Sapere, Richard Dirmyer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Deaf children generally are found to have smaller English vocabularies than hearing peers, although studies involving children with cochlear implants have suggested that the gap may decrease or disappear with age. Less is known about the vocabularies of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) postsecondary students or how their vocabulary knowledge relates to other aspects of academic achievement. This study used the <i>Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test</i> to examine the vocabulary knowledge of DHH and hearing postsecondary students as well as their awareness (predictions) of that knowledge. Relationships between vocabulary knowledge and print exposure, communication backgrounds, and reading and verbal abilities also were examined. Consistent with studies of children, hearing college students demonstrated significantly larger vocabularies than DHH students both with and without cochlear implants. DHH students were more likely to overestimate their vocabulary knowledge. Vocabulary scores were positively related to reading and verbal abilities but negatively related to sign language abilities. Among DHH students they also were positively related to measures of spoken language ability. Results are discussed in terms of related cognitive abilities, language fluency, and academic achievement of DHH students and implications for postsecondary education.</p>","PeriodicalId":46162,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4280560/pdf/nihms629263.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32949305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}