Al-Hikmah University Journal

Learning disability is a dysfunction in one or many basic psychological processes which include the understanding of language and its application. This study investigated the influence of learning disabilities on academic activity of students’ attending Kwara State School for special needs. The purpose of the study was to examine if (i) Impulsive and (ii) Hyperlexia have influence on academic activity of students with learning disability attending Kwara State School for special needs.. A descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised of all students with learning disability in Kwara State School for Handicap. The Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select one hundred and twenty-two respondents participated in the study. A researcher-structured questionnaire that had been validated by three experts in the department of Health Promotion and Environmental Health Education, University of Ilorin was used for data collection. The reliability of the instrument established through test-retest method and result of 0.82 obtained through Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The two postulated null hypotheses were tested using inferential statistics of chi-square @ 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study revealed that, impulsivity is an influence of learning disabilities on academic performance of students because the calc. value of 42.46  is greater than the tab. value of 16.92 @ 0.05 alpha level of significance at the degree of freedom of 9, hyperlexia is an influence of learning disabilities on academic performance of students because the calc. value of  54.72  is greater than the tab. value of 16.92 @ 0.05 alpha level at the degree of freedom of 9. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that hyperlexia and impulsivity have influences of learning disabilities on academic performance of students attending Kwara State School for special needs. Therefore, the teacher should use appropriate teaching method that will make students with hyperlexia condition easily understand the knowledge impact to them.