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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
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Chan, Jessica S.; Wade-Woolley, Lesly – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
Background: This study was designed to extend our understanding of phonology and reading to include suprasegmental awareness using measures of prosodic awareness, which are complex tasks that tap into the rhythmic aspects of phonology. By requiring participants to access, reflect on and manipulate word stress, the prosodic awareness measures used…
Descriptors: Phonology, Executive Function, Adults, Short Term Memory
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Søndergaard Knudsen, Hanne B.; Jensen de López, Kristine; Archibald, Lisa M. D. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
Multiple cognitive skills support the acquisition of proficient reading skills. Higher order processing abilities allowing the engagement and integration of multiple ideas collectively referred to as executive functions may be particularly important in reading comprehension. In the present study, 39 Danish school age children completed executive…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students