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Relationships of Attention and Executive Functions to Oral Language, Reading, and Writing Skills and Systems in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence
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Berninger, Virginia; Abbott, Robert; Cook, Clayton R.; Nagy, William – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Relationships between attention/executive functions and language learning were investigated in students in Grades 4 to 9 (N = 88) with and without specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in multiword syntax in oral and written language (OWL LD), word reading and spelling (dyslexia), and subword letter writing (dysgraphia). Prior…
Descriptors: Correlation, Attention Control, Executive Function, Multiple Regression Analysis
Differences that Make a Difference: Comparisons of Metacomponential Functioning and Knowledge Base among Groups of High and Low IQ Learning Disabled, Mildly Mentally Retarded, and Normally Achieving Adults.
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Berger, Roberta S.; Reid, D. Kim – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
Results of the comparison of metacomponential functioning and knowledge acquisition of adults with either mild mental retardation or learning disabilities found that (1) knowledge base is the best predictor of metacomponential skill, (2) metacomponential orchestration differentiates the two groups, and (3) IQ mediates metacognition, but does not…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Intelligence Quotient, Knowledge Level