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ArticleHeliyon2021

The prevalence of the academic learning difficulties: An observation tool.

Abdo Hasan Al-Qadri, Wei Zhao, Miao Li, Mohammad H Al-Khresheh, Azzeddine Boudouaia

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Article in Heliyon, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Abdo Hasan Al-QadriSchool of Humanities and Education, Xi'an Eurasia University, China.
Wei ZhaoSchool of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.
Miao LiCollege of Education, University of Houston, USA.
Mohammad H Al-KhreshehDepartment of English Language, Faculty of Science and Arts, Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia.
Azzeddine BoudouaiaSchool of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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Academic developmentLearning difficultiesObservation toolPrevalencePsychometric properties

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PMID34729428
PMCPMC8545695

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