ERIC Number: EJ999689
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-6819
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Effect of Neuroscience-Based Cognitive Skill Training on Growth of Cognitive Deficits Associated with Learning Disabilities in Children Grades 2-4
Avtzon, Sarah Abitbol
Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, v18 n3 p111-122 Fall 2012
Working memory, executive functions, and cognitive processes associated with specific academic areas, are empirically identified as being the core underlying cognitive deficits in students with specific learning disabilities. Using Hebb's theory of neuroplasticity and the principle of automaticity as theoretical bases, this experimental study examined the effectiveness of a specific 12-week neuroscience-based, cognitive-skills computer-training program on the cognitive processing of 40 elementary students in grades 2-4 with specific learning disabilities. The study results indicated the experimental group had significantly increased performance over the control group in every skill area examined. Implications include understanding the impact of cognitive skill training on underlying cognitive deficits of students diagnosed with specific learning disabilities. Such training can result in increased academic performance. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Learning Disabilities, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Short Term Memory, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Neurological Impairments, Computer Literacy, Grade 3, Grade 4, Comparative Analysis, Skill Development, Brain, Scores, Age Differences
Learning Disabilities Association of America. 4156 Library Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15234. Tel: 412-341-1515; Fax: 412-344-0224; e-mail: info@ldaamerica.org; Web site: http://www.ldaamerica.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability
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