IQs Reading: ARP review article on executive functions

An excellent new review article regarding executive functions in the latest Annual Review of Psychology. The images below will provide a sneak peak of the content of the article (click on images to enlarge). I am making an annotated copy of the article available here vis the IQs Readings feature.

 

 

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CHC theory impact spreads---taxonomy potential for personalized web experiences

Additional evidence that the consensus CHC model of intelligence is having an impact, even in disciplines outside of intellectual assessment. The following chapter discusses the use of part of the CHC taxonomy to use personal ability characteristics to personalize web experiences. Food for thought as a model for mapping CHC abilities to academic instruction.

I am provided access to an annotated copy of the article via the IQs Reading feature.

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Research byte: Oral language programs may help reading comprehension deficits

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Annotated copy of the article, with links to related to other reports and information (via IQs Reading feature), available here.

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IQ's Reading: Support for speed of reasoning ability (Carroll's RE; Horn's CDS)

Article "in press" in Intelligence by Goldhammer et al. that provides support for a speed of reasoning factor. I have provided additional comments in the article via the IQ's Readings blog feature.

No major individual intelligence battery appears to measure this construct. We the authors of the WJ III (conflict of interest disclosure--I am coauthor of the WJ III) intended our Decision Speed test to represent some of this ability. To date we have not been able to demonstrate validity evidence for this interpretation. This may be due to two factors. First, all post-WJ III analyses I have completed have found the DS test to covary with the Retrieval Fluency and Rapid Picture Naming tests. RF and RPN covary very strong....and I have interpreted this as reflecting the narrow ability of NA (naming facility) or what is often called RAN, but which I prefer to call "speed of lexical access" as per the reading research of Perfetti. The DS test tends to "hang out" with these two other tests and appears to tap this speed of lexical access ability to some degree, most likely due to the need for examinee's to quickly access the meaning of the common objects before deciding which two are the same conceptually.

The other possibility that the DS test may measure some RE variance but this has not been possible to validate due to the lack of other valid RE indicators in the WJ III collection of tests analyzed.

Anyone looking for a good thesis/dissertation? I could envision a study which tests administered that allow for the specification of perceptual speed (P), speed of lexical access (NA), and speed of reasoning (RE) factors that also includes the WJ III RF, RPN and DS tests.

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IQs Readings: New feature - first focusing on article on dyslexia

I have become a huge fan of my new iPad. With the aid of the GoodReader app, I can read journal articles in PDF form. In the past, I have typically cut-and-pasted text from PDF files into a file, added my comments, then pasted into a blog editor to post as a new post.

Today I am trying something new. I just read the following article by Gabrieli (2009) Dyslexia: A New Synergy Between Education and Cognitive Neuroscience. Rather than doing the above multiple-step process, this time I annotated my thoughts as I read the article directly in the PDF file. I have highlighted text that I found interesting and important. More exciting, IMHO, is that I also inserted comment icons when I wanted to "add value" via my thoughts and commentary. Most PDF readers should allow readers to click or hover over these icons and see what I have written. I then upload the annotated PDF file to my server directly from an FTP file transfer program embedded within the GoodReader program. It is amazing.

I then exit GoodReader and open up my Blog Press iPad app, which I am writing within at this moment. I write all the above text, can insert some formatting, and can now provide a URL link to the article I annotated (click here).

Bingo...instant blog commentary from IQ's Corner embedded in the reading, rather than in a lengthy message post. Much more efficient for me.

I'm very interested in what readers thing of this new feature. I like it as it makes it much easier for me to read something and instantly share my thoughts, critique, etc. I need to know if readers can see my comments in the comment icons.

I can also go to a free web page that generates technorati tags and enter keywords and it generates the HTML code which I then copy and paste below. Bingo.

PS - I am aware of the warnings on the first page that the article I read is for personal use only and should not be used for commercial purposes. Within the blogosphere and educational circles there is the doctrine of "fair use", particularly if a person "adds value" to the reading...which I believe I am doing here. I believe most readers of my blog are aware of my educational intentions. Yes, there are two commercial ads on this blog, but they barely purchase more than some computer paper and ink cartridges during the year. If necessary, I will discontinue the add feature...as it really is not an income producer.

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