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TASK
word attack
Participants must read non-words aloud. Raw scores are converted into a "reading comprehension age," which is then compared to the participant's real age to determine if they are a poor or gifted reader.

Definition contributed by CTorgerson about eight months ago.

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Task Indicators


Task records: 3  

morphological processing
  • reading comprehension age minus real age
 

reading
  • reading comprehension age minus real age
 

phonological encoding
  • reading comprehension age minus real age
 


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Executive dysfunction in poor readers born prematurely at high risk.
Frye RE, Landry SH, Swank PR, Smith KE
Developmental neuropsychology (Dev Neuropsychol)
2009
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Word-attack skills in individuals with mental retardation.
Saunders KJ
Mental retardation and developmental disabilities research reviews (Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev)
2007
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Reading comprehension in children with specific language impairment: an examination of two subgroups.
Kelso K, Fletcher J, Lee P
International journal of language & communication disorders / Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (Int J Lang Commun Disord)
2007 Jan-Feb
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