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How Well Do They Read? Brief English and French Screening Tools for College Students
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Fichten, Catherine S.; Nguyen, Mai N.; King, Laura; Havel, Alice; Mimouni, Zohra; Barile, Maria; Budd, Jillian; Jorgensen, Shirley; Chauvin, Alexandre; Gutberg, Jennifer – International Journal of Special Education, 2014
We translated and report on the psychometric properties of English and French versions of two reading difficulties screening tools for junior/community college students. We administered the Adult Reading History Questionnaire-Revised (ARHQ-R) (Parrila, Georgiou, & Corkett, 2007) to 1889 students enrolled in compulsory language courses in…
Descriptors: College Students, Screening Tests, Reading Fluency, Language Proficiency
The Role of Print Exposure in Reading Skills of Postsecondary Students with and without Reading Disabilities
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Grant, Amy; Wilson, Alexander M.; Gottardo, Alexandra – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2007
Exposure to print is a significant predictor of vocabulary growth and declarative knowledge in normally achieving readers (Stanovich, West, & Harrison, 1995). Research has also shown that initial differences in print exposure can be used to predict differences in reading comprehension in children studied ten years after initial assessment…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
Differential Effects of Oral Reading to Improve Comprehension with Severe Learning Disabled and Educable Mentally Handicapped Students.
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Chang, S. Q.; And Others – Adolescence, 1983
Evaluated the effectiveness of oral reading for improving reading comprehension of 11 educable mentally handicapped or severe learning disabled adolescents who answered comprehension questions from a short factual article. Oral reading appeared to improve comprehension among the poorer readers but not for readers with moderately high ability. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Learning Disabilities
Communication through Physical Activity for Learning Disabled Children.
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Hendry, Joan; Kerr, Robert – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1983
Eight learning disabled children participated in an integrated program of motor and cognitive tasks over a six-month period. Compared to eight control subjects, the treated group showed greater improvement on tests of motor and cognitive skills. A physical activity program can influence basic cognitive as well as motor skills. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities
Cognitive Education Project. Summary Project.
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Mulcahy, Robert; And Others – 1993
The Cognitive Education Project conducted a 3-year longitudinal evaluation of two cognitive education programs that were aimed at teaching thinking skills. The critical difference between the two experimental programs was that one, Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment (IE) method, was taught out of curricular content, while the other, the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cognitive Processes, Criteria, Elementary Education
Cognitive Education Project.
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Mulcahy, Robert; And Others – 1993
The Cognitive Education Project centered at the University of Alberta undertook a 3-year longitudinal evaluation of two cognitive education programs aimed at teaching thinking skills. The critical difference between the two experimental programs was that one, Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment (IE) method was taught out of curricular content,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students