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Child and Symbol Factors in Learning to Read a Visually Complex Writing System
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Nag, Sonali; Snowling, Margaret; Quinlan, Philip; Hulme, Charles – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2014
In Kannada, visual features are arranged in blocks called "akshara," making this a visually more complex writing system than typical alphabetic orthographies. Akshara knowledge was assessed concurrently and 8 months later in 113 children in the first years of reading instruction (aged 4-7 years). Mixed effects logistic regression models…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alphabets, Orthographic Symbols, Regression (Statistics)
Access to a Responsiveness to Intervention Model: Does Beginning Intervention in Kindergarten Matter?
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O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Bocian, Kathleen M.; Sanchez, Victoria; Beach, Kristen D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2014
In this study, we tested the outcomes of access to a response to intervention (RtI) model in kindergarten or in first grade on end-of-Grade-2 reading achievement and placement in special education. Across five schools, 214 students who began having access to Tier 2 intervention in kindergarten or first grade were compared in Grades 1 and 2 with…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Kindergarten, Young Children, Models
Access to a Responsiveness to Intervention Model: Does Beginning Intervention in Kindergarten Matter?
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O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Bocian, Kathleen M.; Sanchez, Victoria; Beach, Kristen D. – Grantee Submission, 2014
In this study, we tested the outcomes of access to a Response to Intervention (RtI) model in kindergarten or in first grade on end-of-Grade-2 reading achievement and placement in special education. Across five schools, 214 students who began having access to Tier 2 intervention in kindergarten or first grade were compared in Grades 1 and 2 with…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Kindergarten, Young Children, Models
Mirror Asymmetry of Category and Letter Fluency in Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer's Patients
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Capitani, Erminio; Rosci, Chiara; Saetti, Maria Cristina; Laiacona, Marcella – Neuropsychologia, 2009
In this study we contrasted the Category fluency and Letter fluency performance of 198 normal subjects, 57 Alzheimer's patients and 57 patients affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI). The aim was to check whether, besides the prevalence of Category fluency deficit often reported among Alzheimer's patients, the TBI group presented the opposite…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Alzheimers Disease, Injuries, Patients
A Photographic View of Cumulative Distribution Functions
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Jernigan, Robert W. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2008
This article shows a concrete and easy recognizable view of a cumulative distribution function(cdf). Photograph views of the search tabs on dictionaries are used to increase students' understanding and facility with the concept of a cumulative distribution function. Projects for student investigations are also given. This motivation and view helps…
Descriptors: Statistical Distributions, Mathematics, Visual Aids, Photography
Morse Code, Scrabble, and the Alphabet
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Richardson, Mary; Gabrosek, John; Reischman, Diann; Curtiss, Phyliss – Journal of Statistics Education, 2004
In this paper we describe an interactive activity that illustrates simple linear regression. Students collect data and analyze it using simple linear regression techniques taught in an introductory applied statistics course. The activity is extended to illustrate checks for regression assumptions and regression diagnostics taught in an…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Statistics, Class Activities, Data Collection