Interdependencies Among Mathematics, Reading and Spelling Skills in Young Elementary School ChildrenSummary: The present study investigated the issue whether deficiencies in mathematics and reading/spelling are isolated phenomena, that is, only rarely co-...
Abstract. In Germany, 7.5 Million individuals between 18 and 64 years are considered to be functionally illiterate (Grotlüschen & Riekmann, 2012). Functional illiterates have only rudimentary literacy skills ...
Gender Differences in Reading, Writing, and CalculationBackground: Cognitive gender differences and their origins are a hotly debated subject. Strict nature-nurture dichotomies concerning causal roles of gender differences are not useful for their ...
The Role of Morphological Awareness for Early Literacy Acquisition: First Results of a Longitudinal StudyAbstract:Background: For German, few longitudinal studies have examined whether morphological awareness (MA) before ...
The writing superiority effect: Language production processes in the verbal diagnosis of knowledgeAbstract. Language production processes are frequently involved in the diagnosis of knowledge, particulary with exams. However, the relation between the ...
Effective treatment of dyslexia: A meta-analysis of intervention studiesDyslexia is one of the most prevalent learning disorders that affects individuals throughout their lives. This meta-analysis summarizes intervention studies that have examined the ...
Self-disclosure when writing about stressful life-eventsAbstract.Theoretical background: Research initiated by Pennebaker and collegues on self-disclosure and the beneficial influence of emotional expression, when writing about past stressful events, ...