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Cognitive and Reading Profiles of Two Samples of Canadian First Nations Children: Comparing Two Models for Identifying Reading Disability
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Janzen, Troy M.; Saklofske, Donald H.; Das, J. P. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2013
Two Canadian First Nations samples of Grades 3 and 4 children were assessed for cognitive processing, word reading, and phonological awareness skills. Both groups were from Plains Cree rural reservations in different provinces. The two groups showed significant differences on several key cognitive variables although there were more similarities…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Indigenous Populations, Cognitive Processes, Reading Skills
Influence of Distal and Proximal Cognitive Processes on Word Reading
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Das, J. P.; Georgiou, George; Janzen, Troy – Reading Psychology, 2008
The objectives of the present study were twofold: (a) to explore the interrelationship among distal, proximal cognitive skills, and word reading; and (b) to identify those cognitive processes that predict phonological awareness and rapid naming. Seventy First-Nation Canadian children attending grades 3 and 4 were examined on phonological…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Phonological Awareness, Grade 3, Cognitive Processes
Cognitive Profiles and Early Reading Remediation of At-Risk Elementary School Students.
Parrila, R. K.; Das, J. P. – 1996
Sixty-one grade 1 students experiencing early reading difficulties received either a cognitive remediation program (PREP; PASS Remediation Program) designed to facilitate successive and simultaneous processing skills, or a meaning-based language enrichment program designed to provide children with meaningful experiences in reading. Repeated…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Decoding (Reading), Early Intervention