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Finn, Diana Baker – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of specific cognitive abilities and reading comprehension across a variety of norm referenced tests that align with Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory of cognitive abilities and integrative models of reading. Data from existing studies was analyzed by comparing the relationships of four…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Ability, Meta Analysis, Comparative Analysis
Bachmeier, Randy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Previous "selective" meta-analyses of the literature relating to the IQ-achievement discrepancy model of specific learning disability identification have concluded that "underachieving" and "low-achieving" poor readers do not differ in any educationally meaningful way. Underachievers are those poor readers who qualify as learning disabled using an…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Low Achievement