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Plester, Beverly; Wood, Clare; Joshi, Puja – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2009
This paper presents a study of 88 British 10-12-year-old children's knowledge of text message (SMS) abbreviations ("textisms") and how it relates to their school literacy attainment. As a measure of textism knowledge, the children were asked to compose text messages they might write if they were in each of a set of scenarios. Their text…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Phonological Awareness, Short Term Memory, Reading Ability
Sánchez, Inmaculada Arnedillo, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference on Mobile Learning 2013, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, in Lisbon, Portugal, March 14-16, 2013. The Mobile Learning 2013 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Mikami, Amori Yee; Huang-Pollock, Cynthia L.; Pfiffner, Linda J.; McBurnett, Keith; Hangai, Dana – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007
This study assessed social skills in 116 children aged 7-12 with ADHD-Combined Type (ADHD-C; n=33), ADHD-Inattentive Type (ADHD-I; n=45), and comparison children (n=38), with consideration of the role sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) symptoms play in distinguishing profiles. Social skills were assessed using a novel computerized chat room task, in…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Hyperactivity, Conceptual Tempo, Behavior Disorders