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Soleimani, Hassan; Rahmanian, Mahboubeh – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2018
Research in multilingualism has shown that bilinguals have enhanced executive function (e.g., Donnelly et al. in "Proceedings of the 37th annual conference of the cognitive science society" 2015; Green in Bilingualism Lang Cognit 1(02):67-81, 1998. https://doi-org.bibliotheek.ehb.be/10.1017/S1366728998000133); however, this with many other areas in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Metacognition, Educational Benefits
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Jakobson, Angela; Kikas, Eve – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
This study attempted to determine whether children with the combined subtype of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have impairments in cognitive functioning and motor skills. The specific effect of the comorbidity of learning disabilities (LD) was also investigated. A battery of cognitive tests was administered to 26 children with a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Clinical Diagnosis, Hyperactivity, Discriminant Analysis
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Walenta, Tracey M.; McCabe, Paul C. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of the Differential Ability Scales (DAS) in distinguishing preschoolers with specific language impairment (SLI) and specific subtypes of language delays. Three hundred forty-eight language-impaired preschoolers' response patterns across DAS General Conceptual Ability (GCA), Ability cluster, and…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Preschool Children, Measures (Individuals), Cognitive Ability