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The Role of Executive Functions in Reading Comprehension by Adolescents with ADHD: The Case of Domain-General versus Domain-Specific Functions
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Adi Avramovich; Menahem Yeari – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024
The present study explored whether poor executive functions (EF) underlying the difficulties of individuals with ADHD in reading comprehension (RC) are general or specific to the textual content they regulate. To address this question, adolescents with and without ADHD answered questions following the reading of texts and completed a series of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents, Grade 8
Meta-Strategic Learning of Structure Strategies in Reading Comprehension of Expository Texts
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Menahem Yeari; Tal Lavi; Atalia Rasouly-Balfer; Liron Shalev – Reading Psychology, 2024
Meta-strategic learning refers to a mediated construction of knowledge regarding when, why and how to apply a group of strategies for accomplishing cognitive tasks. This study examined the effect of meta-strategic learning of structure strategies on reading comprehension of expository texts by secondary school students under whole-class…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Reading Materials, Reading Instruction
The Role of Planning in Reading Comprehension by Adolescents with ADHD: Evidence from Eye-Movements
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Adi Avramovich; Menahem Yeari – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024
This study explored the manner in which poor planning skill impairs reading comprehension of students with ADHD. Ninety-six adolescents with and without ADHD completed a planning task (Tower of London) and answered open-ended questions following the reading of two expository texts under two reading goals - study and entertainment, while their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents, Grade 8
Parents' Educational Involvement: What Is More Important Mothers' Reports or Adolescents' Perceptions?
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Kaplan Toren Nurit; Kumar Revathy – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
The present study examined both mothers' reports and adolescents' perceptions of parents' educational involvement and their effects on the adolescents' functioning in school. The sample was drawn from 5 urban schools in Israel. Participants were 449 eighth grade students/adolescents (Female = 47%) and 126 mothers. Adolescents and their mothers…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Mothers, Urban Schools, Foreign Countries
Environmental and Educational Systems for Gifted Students: Rural and Central Contexts
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Yael Grinshtain; Shirley Miedijensky; Alexander Zibenberg – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2024
Drawing on the bioecological theory developed by Bronfenbrenner, the researchers of this study examined four environmental systems--microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem--for gifted children in Israel as perceived by their parents, focusing on a comparison between rural and central contexts. The rural context comprises peripheral…
Descriptors: Gifted, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries, Rural Areas
Enhancing Academic Achievement and Engagement through Digital Game-Based Learning: An Empirical Study on Middle School Students
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Meital Amzalag; Dorin Kadusi; Shimon Peretz – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
Abundant research has tried to understand how games can be designed and used effectively to improve the learning process and to examine the correlations between digital learning games and student motivation, engagement, and knowledge retention. The current study examined the correlation between learning through digital game-based learning (DGBL)…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Game Based Learning, Electronic Learning