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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
Language Mediation Hypothesis: Implications of Verbal/Performance Discrepancy and Reading Ability.
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Richman, Lynn C. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1978
The study examined the role of verbal mediation in language processing by 88 children (ages 8-12 years) with low verbal/high performance Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) profiles. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Evaluation, Intelligence Tests, Language Acquisition
Analysis of Performance by Normals and Retardates on Piagetian Reasoning Assessments as a Function of Verbal Ability
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Stephens, Beth; McLaughlin, John A. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence Tests
The Cultural Context of Learning and Thinking: An Exploration in Experimental Anthropology.
Cole, Michael; And Others – 1971
After intensively studying for several years the thinking processes of members of a tribal group in Western Africa, the Kpelle, the authors examine the relation between culture and cognitive development. The following issues are discussed: (1) an analysis of the terms "culture" and "cognition"; (2) an ethnographic description of the Kpelle…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes