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An Exploratory Study on the Junior Brixton Spatial Rule Attainment Test in 6- to 8-Year-Olds
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Senturk, Nilay; Yeniceri, Nur; Alp, I. Ercan; Altan-Atalay, Ayse – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
This study explored the Junior Brixton Test (JBT), an executive function (EF) measure for children, in comparison to the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) in a sample of 6- to 8-year-olds, all attending the first 2 years of elementary school. Factor analyses indicated two main domains in both measures, namely concept formation and cognitive…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students
The Differential Relations between Verbal, Numerical and Spatial Working Memory Abilities and Children's Reading Comprehension
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Oakhill, Jane; Yuill, Nicola; Garnham, Alan – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2011
Working memory predicts children's reading comprehension but it is not clear whether this relation is due to a modality-specific or general working memory. This study, which investigated the relations between children's reading skills and working memory (WM) abilities in 3 modalities, extends previous work by including measures of both reading…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Accuracy