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Prediction of Reading Comprehension: Relative Contributions of Word Recognition, Language Proficiency, and Other Cognitive Skills Can Depend on How Comprehension Is Measured
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Cutting, Laurie E.; Scarborough, Hollis S. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2006
Reading comprehension scores from the Wechsler Individual Achievement Tests, the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test, and the Gray Oral Reading Test were examined in relation to measures of reading, language, and other cognitive skills that have been hypothesized to contribute to comprehension and account for comprehension differences. In a sample of 97…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Word Recognition, Language Proficiency, Thinking Skills
Platelet Serotonin, A Possible Marker for Familial Autism.
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Piven, Joseph; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1991
Platelet serotonin (5HT) levels of 5 autistic subjects (ages 16-37) who had siblings with either autism or pervasive developmental disorder were significantly higher than levels of 23 autistic subjects without affected siblings. Autistic subjects without affected siblings had 5HT levels significantly higher than 10 normal controls. Sex, age, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Autism, Biochemistry
Maladaptive and Compulsive Behavior in Prader-Willi Syndrome: New Insights from Older Adults
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Dykens, Elisabeth M. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2004
Although maladaptive and compulsive behaviors are increasingly well-described in young persons with Prader-Willi syndrome, it is unclear how these problems manifest in older adults with this syndrome. In Part I, I compared maladaptive and compulsive behaviors in 45 older adults with Prader-Willi syndrome (ages 30 to 50 years) to 195 children,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Predictor Variables, Comparative Analysis
Quality of Life of Men and Women with Borderline Intelligence and Attention Deficit Disorders Living in Community Residences: A Comparative Study
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Rimmerman, Arie; Yurkevich, Oren; Birger, Moshe; Araten-Bergman, Tal – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2005
The research studies the quality of life (QOL) of 127 men and women diagnosed as having a borderline IQ and ADHD living in two major residential programs of the Sharon region in central Israel in respect to their personal, disability, and social ecological variables. Core findings indicate that men and women differ significantly according to their…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Quality of Life, Attention Deficit Disorders, Questionnaires
Structure of Intellect Factors and Foreign Language Learning.
Raile, Frederick N. – 1980
A study of the intellectual talents involved in learning a foreign language compared the composite predicted score of high school students on the Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery with selected factor scores on the Structure of Intellect-Learning Abilities Test to determine whether any of the factors correlate highly with foreign language…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
The Identification of Talent Among Negro and White Students from Biographical Data.
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Ellison, Robert L.; And Others – 1970
The identification of talent, and the understanding of its development and origins in terms of biographical data were investigated. The three central objectives were: to construct separate empirical procedures for Anglos and Blacks to predict certain academic performance criteria; to construct an empirical scoring procedure that could predict…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, College Admission, Comparative Analysis