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Component Skills of Text Comprehension in Less Competent Chinese Comprehenders
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Leong, Che Kan; Hau, Kit Tai; Tse, Shek Kam; Loh, Ka Yee – Annals of Dyslexia, 2007
The present study examined the role of verbal working memory (memory span and tongue-twister), two-character Chinese pseudoword reading (two tasks), rapid automatized naming (RAN) (letters and numbers), and phonological segmentation (deletion of rimes and onsets) in inferential text comprehension in Chinese in 31 less competent comprehenders…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Memory, Control Groups, Chinese
The Nootropic Concept and Dyslexia.
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Wilsher, Colin R. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1986
Studies with Nootropic psychoactive drugs (such as Piracetam) suggest that Piracetam lacks significant side effects; promotes memory and learning; and improves the reading ability of dyslexics, possibly by directly affecting the left-brain hemisphere. Results are contrasted with studies showing the lack of effectiveness of intensive teaching.…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Drug Therapy, Dyslexia, Learning Processes
Linguistic Profiles of Dyslexic and Good Readers.
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Badian, Nathlie A. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1991
Linguistic profiles of 7 dyslexic, 7 mildly dyslexic, 30 average, 16 good readers were examined at kindergarten, grade 2, and grade 4. Groups did not differ in language comprehension but did differ in confrontation and rapid automatized naming, three syntactic measures, and verbal memory. Kindergarten ability at giving letter sounds and rapid…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Dyslexia, Intermediate Grades, Language Acquisition