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ERIC Number: EJ666140
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
Sensory, Cognitive, and Linguistic Factors in the Early Academic Performance of Elementary School Children: The Benton-IU Project.
Watson, Charles S.; Kidd, Gary R.; Horner, Douglas G.; Connell, Phil J.; Lowther, Andrya; Eddins, David A.; Krueger, Glenn; Goss, David A.; Rainey, Bill B.; Gospel, Mary D.; Watson, Betty U.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v36 n2 p165-97 Mar-Apr 2003
Standardized sensory, perceptual, linguistic, intellectual, and cognitive tests were administered to 470 entering first graders. Factor analysis found four factors, which were reading related skills, visual cognition, verbal cognition, and speech processing. Cluster analysis identified nine profiles. The strongest predictors of later reading and other academic achievement were first, the reading-related skills factor and second, the visual cognition factor. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Reading, Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Early Identification, Educational Research, Factor Analysis, Grade 1, Predictor Variables, Primary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Theory Practice Relationship, Visual Perception
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Note: Special Issue: Translating Empirical Research to Classroom Practice.