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Relationships of Attention and Executive Functions to Oral Language, Reading, and Writing Skills and Systems in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence
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Berninger, Virginia; Abbott, Robert; Cook, Clayton R.; Nagy, William – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Relationships between attention/executive functions and language learning were investigated in students in Grades 4 to 9 (N = 88) with and without specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in multiword syntax in oral and written language (OWL LD), word reading and spelling (dyslexia), and subword letter writing (dysgraphia). Prior…
Descriptors: Correlation, Attention Control, Executive Function, Multiple Regression Analysis
The Performance of Third Grade Learning Disabled Boys on Tasks at Different Levels of Language: A Model-Based Exploration.
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Stahl, Steven A.; Erickson, Lawrence G. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1986
Language performance at syntactic, semantic, orthographic, and discourse levels was measured for 12 learning disabled third graders, 15 normally achieving third graders, and 11 normally achieving first graders. Results indicated significant overall differences between learning disabled and normally achieving Ss, but not between the learning…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities, Reading Skills
The Syntactic-Paradigmatic Shift in Learning Disabled and Normal Children
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Bartel, Nettie R.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1973
Descriptors: Association Measures, Children, Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition
Syntactic Maturity and Vocabulary Richness of Learning Disabled Children at Four Age Levels.
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Andolina, Charlene – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
Eighty learning disabled (LD) students at four age levels (ranging from 7 to 14) were studied to compare their vocabulary and syntactic maturity with normal children and to describe the developmental trends (using several instruments). (PHR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition
Identifying Native Language Difficulties among Foreign Language Learners in College: A "Foreign" Language Learning Disability?
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Ganschow, Leonore; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
This comparison of 15 successful and 15 unsuccessful college foreign-language learners found significant intergroup differences in performance on the Modern Language Aptitude Test, tests of written and oral language in the syntactic and phonological domains, and math calculation. Results suggest that students with foreign language learning…
Descriptors: College Students, English, Handicap Identification, Higher Education