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Phillips, Beth M.; Lonigan, Christopher J.; Wyatt, Marcy A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
This study examined concurrent and longitudinal relations for the "Get Ready to Read!" (GRTR) emergent literacy screener. This measure, within a battery of oral language, letter knowledge, decoding, and phonological awareness tests, was administered to 204 preschool children (mean age = 53.6, SD = 5.78; 55% male) from diverse…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Oral Language, Phonological Awareness, Predictive Validity
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Lord-Maes, Janiece; Obrzut, John E. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
This article discusses recent findings concerning cognitive outcomes in traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children and adolescents, with a particular focus on age differences with TBI. It suggests a relationship between specific learning disorders and brain dysfunction, addresses differential hemispheric functioning with TBI, and outlines recent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Children
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Pennington, Bruce F.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
This study of 640 twins with reading disability and 436 controls (mean age 12) examined external validity of the distinction between specific reading retardation and reading backwardness, in 3 domains: genetic etiology, sex ratio and clinical correlates, and neuropsychological profiles. There was no evidence of differential genetic etiology of the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Definitions, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education