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Auditory, Visual, and Cross-Modal Temporal Processing Skills among Chinese Children with Developmental Dyslexia
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Liu, Sisi; Wang, Li-Chih; Liu, Duo – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
The present study examined whether temporal processing (TP) is associated with reading of a non-alphabetic script, that is, Chinese. A total of 126 primary school-aged Chinese children from Taiwan (63 children with dyslexia) completed cross-modal, visual, and auditory temporal order judgment tasks and measures of Chinese reading and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Modalities, Children, Dyslexia
Temporal Processing Development in Chinese Primary School-Aged Children with Dyslexia
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Wang, Li-Chih; Yang, Hsien-Ming – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
This study aimed to investigate the development of visual and auditory temporal processing among children with and without dyslexia and to examine the roles of temporal processing in reading and reading-related abilities. A total of 362 Chinese children in Grades 1-6 were recruited from Taiwan. Half of the children had dyslexia, and the other half…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Dyslexia, Matched Groups, Comparative Analysis
Morphological Awareness and Vocabulary Development among Kindergarteners with Different Ability Levels
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Ramirez, Gloria; Walton, Patrick; Roberts, William – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2014
Our goal was to investigate the growth of vocabulary and morphological awareness over time in the context of an intervention for kindergartners with different ability levels in these skills. Participants in this exploratory study were 108 children from schools serving socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Results indicated that children…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Kindergarten, Young Children, Morphology (Languages)
RAN and Double-Deficit Theory
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Cronin, Virginia S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
Lervag and Hulme’s neuro-developmental theory and Wolf and Bowers’s double-deficit hypothesis were examined in this longitudinal study. A total of 130 children were tested in preschool and followed through fifth grade, when 84 remained in the study. During preschool and kindergarten the participants were given tests of end-sound discrimination…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Child Development, Phonological Awareness, Naming
The Development of Phonological Abilities and Their Relation to Reading Acquisition: Case Studies of Six Finnish Children.
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Aro, Mikko; Aro, Tuija; Ahonen, Timo; Rasanen, Tuuli; Hietala, Anne; Lyytinen, Heikki – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
A 13-month study investigated phonological abilities and reading acquisition in six 7-year-old Finnish nonreaders. Results found gradual progress at the group level; however, analysis of the individual profiles indicated large interindividual variations in the rate of improvement and in the relationship between different phonological manipulation…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
The Development of Reading Speed in Italians with Dyslexia: A Longitudinal Study.
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Tressoldi, Patrizio E.; Stella, Giacomo; Faggella, Marzia – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2001
Development of reading speed in Italian children with dyslexia was estimated using individualized growth curves for 38 children with dyslexia tested longitudinally from 2nd-8th grade and compared with controls. Their reading speed development followed a linear trend of .3 syllables per second per grade, half the increment observed in controls.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Disability Identification, Dyslexia