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The ReadFree Tool for the Identification of Poor Readers: A Validation Study Based on a Machine Learning Approach in Monolingual and Minority-Language Children
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Carioti, Desiré; Stucchi, Natale Adolfo; Toneatto, Carlo; Masia, Marta Franca; Del Monte, Milena; Stefanelli, Silvia; Travellini, Simona; Marcelli, Antonella; Tettamanti, Marco; Vernice, Mirta; Guasti, Maria Teresa; Berlingeri, Manuela – Annals of Dyslexia, 2023
In this study, we validated the "ReadFree tool", a computerised battery of 12 visual and auditory tasks developed to identify poor readers also in minority-language children (MLC). We tested the task-specific discriminant power on 142 Italian-monolingual participants (8-13 years old) divided into monolingual poor readers (N = 37) and…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Task Analysis, Italian, Monolingualism
Structural Priming Is Supported by Different Components of Nondeclarative Memory: Evidence from Priming across the Lifespan
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Heyselaar, Evelien; Wheeldon, Linda; Segaert, Katrien – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
Structural priming is the tendency to repeat syntactic structure across sentences and can be divided into short-term (prime to immediately following target) and long-term (across an experimental session) components. This study investigates how nondeclarative memory could support both the transient, short-term and the persistent, long-term…
Descriptors: Priming, Memory, Short Term Memory, Perception
Effects of Children's Working Memory Capacity and Processing Speed on Their Sentence Imitation Performance
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Poll, Gerard H.; Miller, Carol A.; Mainela-Arnold, Elina; Adams, Katharine Donnelly; Misra, Maya; Park, Ji Sook – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2013
Background: More limited working memory capacity and slower processing for language and cognitive tasks are characteristics of many children with language difficulties. Individual differences in processing speed have not consistently been found to predict language ability or severity of language impairment. There are conflicting views on whether…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Short Term Memory, Cognitive Processes, Role
Constraint on Absolute Accuracy of Metacomprehension Assessments: The Anchoring and Adjustment Model vs. the Standards Model
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Kwon, Heekyung – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The objective of this study is to provide a systematic account of three typical phenomena surrounding absolute accuracy of metacomprehension assessments: (1) the absolute accuracy of predictions is typically quite low; (2) there exist individual differences in absolute accuracy of predictions as a function of reading skill; and (3) postdictions…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
The Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development.
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Otto, Wayne; Askov, Eunice – 1971
The Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development is a vehicle for implementing a skills-centered approach to reading instruction. The components of the design are (1) management guidelines; (2) an essential skills list for six areas (word attack, comprehension, study skills, self-directed reading, interpretive reading, and creative reading) and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Proficiency-Referencing a Reading Achievement Test.
Bormuth, John R. – 1979
A procedure is demonstrated for constructing tables showing, for each score on a commercial reading achievement test, the percentage of real-world materials that the testee is likely to comprehend with at least a criterion level of proficiency, the percentages of students in a local or national sample who can competently comprehend a given…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Equivalency Tests, Expectancy Tables