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Mirandola, Chiara; Del Prete, Francesco; Ghetti, Simona; Cornoldi, Cesare – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The present research was aimed at investigating recognition memory and recollective experience for a text in adolescents with and without learning difficulties. Adolescents (age 15 to 19) with learning difficulties were selected based on their performance on a standardized test for text comprehension and on the teachers' evaluations of their…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Sentences, Learning Problems, Recognition (Psychology)
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Jones, Lise Oen; Varberg, Jeanette; Manger, Terje; Eikeland, Ole-Johan; Asbjornsen, Arve – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This paper is the first to examine the Reading and Writing Self-Efficacy Scale among incarcerated adults. The aim was to examine whether performance of reading and spelling tests (Reading Speed, Nonsense Words and Spelling) explained individual differences in the participants' efficacy beliefs in reading and writing. Six hundred subjects rated…
Descriptors: Spelling, Self Efficacy, Factor Analysis, Reading Rate
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Raghubar, Kimberly P.; Barnes, Marcia A.; Hecht, Steven A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Working memory refers to a mental workspace, involved in controlling, regulating, and actively maintaining relevant information to accomplish complex cognitive tasks (e.g. mathematical processing). Despite the potential relevance of a relation between working memory and math for understanding developmental and individual differences in…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Short Term Memory, Longitudinal Studies, Cognitive Processes
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Vukovic, Rose K.; Lesaux, Nonie K.; Siegel, Linda S. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Although many children with reading difficulty (RD) are reported to struggle with mathematics, little research has empirically investigated whether this is the case for different types of RD. This study examined the mathematics skills of third graders with one of two types of RD: dyslexia (n = 18) or specific reading comprehension difficulty (n =…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Dyslexia, Mathematics Skills
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Powell, Sarah R.; Seethaler, Pamela M.; Cirino, Paul T.; Fletcher, Jack M.; Fuchs, Douglas; Hamlett, Carol L. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
The primary purpose of this study was to assess the effects of strategic counting instruction, with and without deliberate practice with those counting strategies, on number combination (NC) skill among students with mathematics difficulties (MD). Students (n = 150) were stratified on MD status (i.e., MD alone versus MD with reading difficulty)…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Tutoring, Numeracy, Numbers
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Mazzocco, Michele M. M.; Hanich, Laurie B. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Turner syndrome is a common genetic disorder associated with select deficits in executive functions, working memory and mathematics. In Study 1, we examined growth trajectories of skills in these areas, from grades 1 to 6, among girls with or without Turner syndrome. Rates of growth and performance levels at 6th grade, on an untimed math…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Learning Problems, Females, Learning Disabilities