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A Comparison of the Language Skills of ELLs and Monolinguals Who Are Poor Decoders, Poor Comprehenders, or Normal Readers
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Geva, Esther; Massey-Garrison, Angela – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
The overall objective of this article is to examine how oral language abilities relate to reading profiles in English language learners (ELLs) and English as a first language (EL1) learners, and the extent of similarities and differences between ELLs and EL1s in three reading subgroups: normal readers, poor decoders, and poor comprehenders. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Skills, English Language Learners, Decoding (Reading)
Replication of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Third Edition Four-Factor Model in the Canadian Normative Sample.
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Roid, Gale H.; Worrall, William – Psychological Assessment, 1997
Confirmatory factor analyses of the third edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) using the Canadian normative sample (n=1,100 children) were conducted to verify the four-factor model found in the U.S. normative sample. Results paralleled those of the U.S. sample and support use of the WISC-III factor indexes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Tests