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Time Estimation Deficits in Childhood Mathematics Difficulties
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Hurks, Petra P. M.; van Loosbroek, Erik – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2014
Time perception has not been comprehensively examined in mathematics difficulties (MD). Therefore, verbal time estimation, production, and reproduction were tested in 13 individuals with MD and 16 healthy controls, matched for age, sex, and intellectual skills. Individuals with MD performed comparably to controls in time reproduction, but showed a…
Descriptors: Time Management, Mathematics, Short Term Memory, Intervals
High Reading Skills Mask Dyslexia in Gifted Children
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van Viersen, Sietske; Kroesbergen, Evelyn H.; Slot, Esther M.; de Bree, Elise H. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
This study investigated how gifted children with dyslexia might be able to mask literacy problems and the role of possible compensatory mechanisms. The sample consisted of 121 Dutch primary school children that were divided over four groups (typically developing [TD] children, children with dyslexia, gifted children, gifted children with…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Academically Gifted, Reading Skills, Elementary School Students
Executive Functions as Predictors of Math Learning Disabilities
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Toll, Sylke W. M.; Van der Ven, Sanne H. G.; Kroesbergen, Evelyn H.; Van Luit, Johannes E. H. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
In the past years, an increasing number of studies have investigated executive functions as predictors of individual differences in mathematical abilities. The present longitudinal study was designed to investigate whether the executive functions shifting, inhibition, and working memory differ between low achieving and typically achieving children…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Learning Disabilities, Inhibition, Short Term Memory
Predictors of Response to Intervention of Word Reading Fluency in Dutch
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Scheltinga, Femke; van der Leij, Aryan; Struiksma, Chris – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
The objective of this study was to investigate the contribution of rapid digit naming, phonological memory, letter sound naming, and orthographic knowledge to the prediction of responsiveness to a school-based, individual intervention of word reading fluency problems of 122 Dutch second and third graders whose reading scores were below the 10th…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Reading Fluency, Psychometrics
Computer-Based Reading and Spelling Practice for Children with Learning Disabilities.
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van Daal, Victor H. P.; van der Leij, Aryan – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
This study with 28 Netherlands children (mean age 9 years, 7 months) with written language disorders found that copying words from the computer screen resulted in significantly fewer spelling errors on the posttest than writing words from memory and that both these forms of practice led to fewer spelling errors than only reading the words.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education, Error Patterns
Cognition in Children Does Not Suffer from Very Low Lead Exposure.
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Minder, Barbara; Das-Smaal, Edith A.; Orlebeke, Jacob F. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
A study that investigated the relationships between exposure to lead and memory and attention in 313 boys (ages 9-12) in special-education schools in the Netherlands found blood-lead levels were higher in children with lower socioeconomic status and those with more hand-to-mouth behavior but did not influence cognitive factors. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education