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Direct linkCostanza Ruffini; Eleonora Pizzigallo; Chiara Pecini; Laura Bertolo; Barbara Carretti – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
It is acknowledged the need for interventions to improve reading comprehension and its cognitive underpinnings, such as executive functions. The present study implemented a computerized cognitive training for enhancing reading comprehension in primary school children through EF activities embedded in text comprehension exercises. 263 third and…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Computer Assisted Instruction, Training, Reading Instruction
Lynn S. Fuchs; Douglas Fuchs; Eunsoo Cho; Marcia A. Barnes; Tuire Koponen; Daniel R. Espinas – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
The purpose of this analysis was to describe cognitive processes associated with comorbid difficulty between word reading (WR) and mathematics computation (MC) at the start of first grade among children selected for WR and MC delays. A sample of 234 U.S. children (mean age 6.50 years, SD = 0.31) was assessed on WR, MC, core cognitive processes…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Mathematics Skills, Comorbidity, Reading Difficulties
Lahti-Nuuttila, Pekka; Laasonen, Marja; Smolander, Sini; Kunnari, Sari; Arkkila, Eva; Service, Elisabet – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: The role of domain-general short-term memory (STM) in language development remains controversial. A previous finding from the HelSLI study on children with developmental language disorder (DLD) suggested that not only verbal but also non-verbal STM for temporal order is related to language acquisition in monolingual children with DLD.…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Bilingual Students, Preschool Children, Developmental Disabilities
Messer, David; Henry, Lucy A.; Nash, Gilly – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: Few investigations have examined the relationship between a comprehensive range of executive functioning (EF) abilities and reading. Aims: Our investigation identified components of EF that independently predicted single word reading, and determined whether their predictive role remained when additional variables were included in the…
Descriptors: Children, Language Impairments, Executive Function, Reaction Time
