Four focus groups were conducted with students with learning disabilities
at three postsecondary institutions in the northeast. The objective of each
focus group was to determine the students’ perceptions of what
constitutes a positive college course, of instructional strategies and
methods employed by professors that enhance student learning, and to
determine the students’ perceptions of barriers to learning. Results
indicated that students were positive about faculty who set clear
expectations, were consistent, and treated learning as a process.
Students reported profiting from a variety of specific instructional
strategies. Inconsistency on the part of a professor was perceived as a
barrier to learning.