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Michael Matta – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are struggling writers. Yet no comprehensive model has been validated to explain their poor writing outcomes. This study aims to test whether an extended version of the Not-So-Simple View of Writing (NSVW) model can describe the effects of key abilities on writing performance in…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Writing (Composition), Models, Writing Achievement
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Judge, Jeannie; Knox, Paul C.; Caravolas, Marketa – Dyslexia, 2013
Spatial attention performance was investigated in adults with dyslexia. Groups with and without dyslexia completed literacy/phonological tasks as well as two spatial cueing tasks, in which attention was oriented in response to a centrally presented pictorial (arrow) or alphabetic (letter) cue. Cued response times and orienting effects were largely…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Attention, Cues, Spatial Ability
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Miller, Meghan; Hanford, Russell B.; Fassbender, Catherine; Duke, Marshall; Schweitzer, Julie B. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2011
Objective: This study compared affect recognition abilities between adults with and without ADHD. Method: The sample consisted of 51 participants (34 men, 17 women) divided into 3 groups: ADHD-combined type (ADHD-C; n = 17), ADHD-predominantly inattentive type (ADHD-I; n = 16), and controls (n = 18). The mean age was 34 years. Affect recognition…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adults, Affective Behavior
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Guyer, Kenneth E.; Guyer, Barbara P.; Banks, Steven R. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
This retrospective study examined scores for 111 adult participants on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, the Wide Range Achievement Test-III and the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. All participants were referred to a university clinic for learning problems. The participants were diagnosed with a learning disability, an…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Reading Tests, Hyperactivity