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Zou, Zhenfei; Zhao, Wei; Li, Miao – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
This study investigated executive function deficits among Chinese primary school children with word reading deficit and specific reading comprehension deficit. Working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility were examined among children with Word Reading Deficit (WRD), children with Specific Reading Comprehension Deficit (S-RCD) and…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Foreign Countries, Children, Reading Difficulties
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Rocha, Renata S.; Castro, São Luís; Limpo, Teresa – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
Learning to write is one of the great challenges children face in primary grades, requiring both transcription skills (handwriting and spelling) and executive functions (EFs; working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility). Although this claim is widely accepted, the field suffers from some limitations, including few longitudinal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
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van Daal, Victor; van der Leij, Aryan; Ader, Herman – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2013
The aim of this study was to examine unique and common causes of problems in reading and arithmetic fluency. 13- to 14-year-old students were placed into one of five groups: reading disabled (RD, n = 16), arithmetic disabled (AD, n = 34), reading and arithmetic disabled (RAD, n = 17), reading, arithmetic, and listening comprehension disabled…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Reading Difficulties, Listening Comprehension, Naming
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Beidas, Hanin; Khateb, Asaid; Breznitz, Zvia – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2013
The question of which cognitive impairments are primarily associated with dyslexia has been a source of continuous debate. This study examined the cognitive profile of Hebrew-speaking compensated adult dyslexics and investigated whether their cognitive abilities accounted for a unique variance in their reading performance. Sixty-nine young adults…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Profiles, Semitic Languages, Cognitive Ability