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Online Catalog Searching Performance and Academic Achievement and Abilities.
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Chen, Shu-hsein – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1993
A study investigated the relationship of 35 high school students' online catalog search performance and their academic achievement and verbal, quantitative, and analytical abilities as measured by standardized tests. Results indicate a moderate correlation between search performance and academic performance and cognitive abilities and a stronger…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Computer Oriented Programs
An Analysis of WISC-R Factors for Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Waldron, Karen A.; Saphire, Diane G. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
Twenty-four gifted children with learning disabilities and a control group of nondisabled gifted children were administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. The 8- to 12-year-old subjects were found to be more reliant on verbal conceptualization and reasoning than controls and demonstrated deficiencies in short-term auditory…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Auditory Discrimination, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education
Approaches to the Prediction of Language Abilities in a Sample of Children Who Have Developmental Delays.
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Sommers, Ronald K. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
The study evaluated prediction of language quality using 3 approaches (neurodevelopmental, cognitive, and combination) with 37 developmentally delayed children (ages 5-9). Results indicated that these children had language and speech delays that showed substantial relationships to their verbal cognitive abilities and fine motor skills, in addition…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Delayed Speech, Developmental Disabilities
Comprehension Monitoring in Language-Disordered Children: A Preliminary Investigation of Cognitive and Linguistic Factors.
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Skarakis-Doyle, Elizabeth; Mullin, Kathleen – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
The performance of 24 language-disordered children (ages 3-8) on an ambiguity detection task was compared to that of children matched for comprehension level and children matched for cognitive level. It is concluded that communicative factors, both active primary comprehension and social communicative knowledge, had a stronger influence than the…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills
Average Non-Verbally Oriented Adolescents--An At-Risk Population in Our Schools. Implications for Teachers of Black Students.
Byrd-Smith, LaVerne – 1989
One population at risk of academic failure comprises students who are of average ability, but who score significantly higher in nonverbal aptitude than verbal aptitude. Careful identification and instructional intervention can help these students to perform better. The findings of two studies are presented. The first study was conducted in 1964…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Grade 6
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