The prevalence of the academic learning difficulties: An observation tool

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Miao Li¹  Azzeddine Boudouaia¹  Mohammad H. Al-khresheh²  Wei Zhao³  Abdo Hasan AL-Qadri⁴ 

[1] Corresponding author.;

[2] College of Education, University of Houston, USA;

[3] School of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China;

[4] School of Humanities and Education, Xi'an Eurasia University, China;

关键词: Academic development;    Learning difficulties;    Observation tool;    Prevalence;    Psychometric properties;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This study seeks to develop an effective observation tool to determine the prevalence of various academic learning difficulties among school students at the primary level in Sana'a City, Yemen. A measure comprising of 34 items has been processed by the EFA and CFA for contriving ALD's psychometric properties. The study sample comprised 714 students between 6 – 14 years of age. The study's findings revealed that the observation tool under development could measure the prevalence of various academic learning difficulties to a great extent with accuracy. The learning difficulties were classified under five categories based on observation scores. The observed raw scores were standardised after taking the standard deviation from the sample's mean value into consideration. The study's findings suggested that the gender and grade of the subjects affected academic learning difficulties significantly. A brief discussion of the educational implications of these findings has also been presented.

【 授权许可】

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