NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Modifiability in Emotional Understanding among Children with Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tzuriel, David; Schorr-Edelsztein, Hani; Bauminger-Zvieli, Nirit – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2018
Children with specific learning disabilities (SLD) exhibit specific difficulties in high-order components of emotional understanding that involve language (e.g., recognition of complex emotions from situations), or defining emotions and providing examples. The objectives of the current study were to study (a) modifiability of emotional…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Emotional Response, Language Skills, Intervention
Social Information Processing among Children with ASD, SLD, and Typical Development: The Mediational Role of Language Capacities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bauminger-Zviely, Nirit; Alon, Mor; Brill, Alit; Schorr-Edelsztein, Hani; David, Tzuriel; Tubul, Gila; Al-Yagon, Michal – Journal of Special Education, 2019
The present study examined the role of language capacities in explaining differences in social information processing (SIP) among three school-age groups: high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD, IQ > 75), children with specific learning disorder (SLD), and children with typical development (TD). Participants were 96 boys…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Cognitive Processes
Linguistic and Cognitive Profiles of 8- to 15-Year-Old Children with Specific Reading Comprehension Difficulties: The Role of Executive Functions
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Potocki, Anna; Sanchez, Monique; Ecalle, Jean; Magnan, Annie – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
This article presents two studies investigating the role of executive functioning in written text comprehension in children and adolescents. In a first study, the involvement of executive functions in reading comprehension performance was examined in normally developing children in fifth grade. Two aspects of text comprehension were…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Children, Adolescents, Reading Difficulties
Social Behaviour, Socio-Cognitive Skills and Attachment Style In School-Aged Children: What Is the Relation with Academic Outcomes?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Zarrella, Immacolata; Lonigro, Antonia; Perrella, Raffaella; Caviglia, Giorgio; Laghi, Fiorenzo – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
The present research explored the relation between socio-cognitive skills, as Theory of Mind and affective empathy, social behaviour, attachment style and scholastic success in children, aged from 8 to 11 years (N = 159; 90 females, 69 males; M[subscript age] = 9,60; DS = 0.78). Several assessment tools were administered to children on mentalizing…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Empathy, Child Development, Academic Achievement
Relationships Between Language Development and Verbal Associative Learning of Third and Fifth-Grade Pupils.
Greathouse, Larry James – 1968
A study of the extent to which relationships exist between pupils' verbal associative learning ability and seven indices of pupil ability to verbalize utilized 32 third-grade and 34 fifth-grade pupils randomly selected from six Las Cruces schools. Raw data were collected from transcribed language samples, the Verbal Paired-Associate Test, the…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Grade 3, Grade 5, Language Acquisition
An Evaluative Study of the Hawai'i English Program.
NOMOS Inst., Berkeley, CA. – 1977
The final report of a year-long study of the Hawaii English Program (HEP), a comprehensive language arts curriculum for the elementary grades, comparing the performance level in English of pupils in fifth-grade HEP and non-HEP classes and investigating the attitudes of pupils, teachers, and parents is presented in this volume. Sections in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Education, English Curriculum