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The Effects of Script and Orthographic Complexity on the Handwriting and Spelling Performance of Children with Dyslexia
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Arfé, Barbara; Corato, Francesca; Pizzocaro, Eleonora; Merella, Anne – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Handwriting and spelling problems are often associated in dyslexia. However, the nature of their association is still unclear, and most of the existing research in this area is on deep orthographies (mainly English). The extent to which findings are applicable across languages is uncertain. This article examines the effects of script…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Spelling, Dyslexia, Learning Problems
Determinants of Performance of the Bender Gestalt Test and Raven's Progressive Matrices (1947) Test
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Kerr, Andrew S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1972
The effects of grade level, achievement level, and sex were studied in the examination of determinants of visual-motor coordination and visual-perceptual reasoning in elementary school children. (KW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Auditory, Visual, and Multisensory Nonverbal Social Perception in Adolescents with and without Learning Disabilities.
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Sisterhen, Daniel H.; Gerber, Paul J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
Adolescents with and without learning disabilities (14, 16, and 18 years old) were tested to determine whether they differed in auditory, visual, and/or multisensory social perception abilities. The adolescents with learning disabilities at all age levels were not as adept at understanding nonverbal social information regardless of whether it was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Interpersonal Competence
Reading Comprehension and Perception of Sequentially Organized Patterns: Intramodal and Cross-Modal Comparisons.
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Payne, M. Carr, Jr.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
Findings suggested that a deficit in auditory memory rather than cross-modal perception appears to be a factor in poor reading comprehension. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Exceptional Child Research, Intermediate Grades
Relationship of IQ and Reading Score to Visual, Spatial, and Temporal Matching Tasks
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Rudel, Rita G.; Denckla, Martha B. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1976
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Quotient
The Development of Visual Selective Attention and Verbal Rehearsal in Learning Disabled Boys
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Tarver, Sara G.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1977
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Visual-Spatial Organization and Reading: Support for a Cognitive-Developmental Interpretation
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Kershner, John R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1975
Descriptors: Age Differences, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Relationship of Auditory and Visual Skills to Reading Retardation.
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Richardson, Ellis; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
The relationship between subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities and the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration to a comprehensive battery of reading measures was investigated in a sample of 77 poor readers in grades 2 through 6. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Auditory Tests, Elementary Education