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Valdois, Sylviane; Reilhac, Caroline; Ginestet, Emilie; Line Bosse, Marie – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
A wide share of secondary school children does not reach the expected competence level in reading. These children could benefit from more efficient intervention responses, providing a better understanding of their cognitive weaknesses/deficits. Our aim was to explore the cognitive heterogeneity of a population of poor readers identified from a…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Grade 6, Phonemic Awareness
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Wimmer, Heinz; Mayringer, Heinz; Raberger, Thomas – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
A study of 30 Austrian children with dyslexia (grades 2-4) found that poor dual-task balancing was limited to children with higher attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ratings and that children with dyslexia without higher ADHD performed as well on dual-task balancing as age-matched control children. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Child Behavior, Dyslexia
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Minder, Barbara; Das-Smaal, Edith A.; Orlebeke, Jacob F. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
A study that investigated the relationships between exposure to lead and memory and attention in 313 boys (ages 9-12) in special-education schools in the Netherlands found blood-lead levels were higher in children with lower socioeconomic status and those with more hand-to-mouth behavior but did not influence cognitive factors. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education
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Van Luit, Johannes E. H.; Kroesbergen, Evelyn H.; Naglieri, Jack A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2005
This study examined the utility of the Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive (PASS) theory of intelligence as measured by the "Cognitive Assessment System" (CAS) for evaluation of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The CAS scores of 51 Dutch children without ADHD were compared to the scores of a group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders