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Succeeding against the odds: Observations on coping by three intellectually very able university students with specific learning difficulties in Hong Kong
- Succeeding against the odds: Observations on coping by three intellectually very able university students with specific learning difficulties in Hong Kong
- Gifted Education International, 33(3), 232-247, 2017
- SAGE Publications
- 2017
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Unknown or Unspecified
- This small-scale exploratory study identified strategies used by three intellectually very able university students with specific learning difficulties for maintaining motivation on their path to achievement. All three participants were located in Hong Kong. The research questions were: (a) What coping strategies are used by intellectually very able university students with specific learning difficulties? (b) What are the critical influences driving and supporting their motivation to achieve? A narrative inquiry method was used to obtain and analyze data. Two gifted university graduates and one undergraduate, all with specific learning difficulties, were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire and open discussion. Data indicated that they developed strategies to cope largely in response to adverse learning environments. The support of significant persons, such as parents and teachers, were also seen to be essential for sustaining their motivation to achieve. Implications for supporting university students with specific learning difficulties are briefly discussed. [Copyright of Gifted Education International is the property of SAGE Publications]
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 02614294
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/f46b4c16
- 2018-05-10
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