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Auditory Perception, Phonological Processing, and Reading Ability/Disability.
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Watson, Betty U.; Miller, Theodore K. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1993
This study of 94 college undergraduates, including 24 with a reading disability, found that speech perception was strongly related to 3 of 4 phonological variables, including short-term and long-term auditory memory and phoneme segmentation, which were in turn strongly related to reading. Nonverbal temporal processing was not related to any…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education
Learning and Intelligence: Ability Differences in the Organization and Recall of Elementary Statistical Concepts.
Mittelholtz, David J.; And Others – 1985
Differences in learning processes were studied in more versus less intellectually able undergraduate students. Thirty subjects were selected to represent a wide range of general and mathematical reasoning abilities, based on the following test scores: Necessary Arithmetic Operations and Vocabulary Test V2 from the Educational Testing Service ETS…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style
Gender Differences in Cognitive Abilities of Learning-Disabled Females and Males.
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Vogel, Susan A.; Walsh, Patricia C. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1987
Gender differences in level and pattern of cognitive abilities were examined in 49 learning-disabled college students. Females were stronger in visual-motor abilities and verbal conceptualization, whereas the males' highest abilities were nonverbal visual-spatial. Both groups showed weaknesses in memory for digits and factual knowledge and in…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests