Direct and Indirect Effects of Inhibition, Working Memory and Cognitive Flexibility on Reading Comprehension of Narrative and Expository Texts: Same or Different …

JP Escobar, V Espinoza - Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Reading skills are essential adaptive skills for daily life, enabling individuals to function
effectively in society. This study examines the relations between executive functions …

Playful testing of executive functions with yellow-red: Tablet-based battery for children between 6 and 11

R Rosas, V Espinoza, C Martínez, C Santa-Cruz - Journal of Intelligence, 2022 - mdpi.com
Executive functions are psychological processes of great importance for proper functioning
in various areas of human development, including academic performance. For this reason …

[HTML][HTML] Propiedades Psicométricas de la Escala WISC-V en escolares rurales chilenos

M Rodríguez-Cancino, MB Vizcarra… - Psykhe …, 2022 - SciELO Chile
En Chile, la Escala Wechsler de Inteligencia para niños (WISC-R y WISC-III) se ha utilizado
masivamente en población escolar urbana y rural, sin contar con estudios sobre su ajuste …

Disciplinary vocabulary and mastery of educational objectives in first-grade

K Strasser, A Meneses, C Iturra, A Marín - Learning and Instruction, 2024 - Elsevier
Background In contrast with general academic words, disciplinary academic words have
been less studied, in particular their frequency in educational materials and their …

WISC-V measurement invariance according to sex and age: Advancing the understanding of intergroup differences in cognitive performance

M Rodríguez-Cancino, A Concha-Salgado - Journal of Intelligence, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study sought to verify whether the constructs measured on the WISC-V are equivalent
according to sex and age group in Chilean students to substantiate intergroup comparisons …

[HTML][HTML] Relations Between Executive Functions and Reading Comprehension: A Study of Fourth-Grade Students with and Without Reading Comprehension …

JP Escobar, V Espinoza, S Balboa - Brain Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: The role of non-linguistic factors, such as executive functions, in the reading
comprehension process has been analyzed. The present research sought to investigate the …

[HTML][HTML] The Internal Structure of the WISC-V in Chile: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the 15 Subtests

M Rodríguez-Cancino, A Concha-Salgado - Journal of Intelligence, 2024 - mdpi.com
The WISC-V is a widely used scale in clinical and educational settings in Chile. Given that its
use guides critical decision-making for children and adolescents, it is essential to have …

Propuesta de interpretación de la Escala Wechsler de Inteligencia para Niños 5ta edición (WISC-V): hacia un uso educativo

A Ancapichún, G Contreras-Pérez - Estudios pedagógicos (Valdivia), 2024 - SciELO Chile
La Escala Wechsler de Inteligencia para Niños (WISC-V) es ampliamente utilizada en el
mundo, siendo un referente en la evaluación intelectual de estudiantes de enseñanza …

[HTML][HTML] Finding the Mole and Choosing the Apple: Executive Function Challenges in Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

S Sanhueza, M Urrutia, H Marrero - Children, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Children with a developmental language disorder (DLD) frequently experience
deficits in cognitive skills such as working memory (WM) and sustained attention (SA), which …

[HTML][HTML] 10 Things You Should Not Forget When Adapting a Test Into Spanish

R Rosas, M Pizarro, V Espinoza - … Test Adaptation and …, 2024 - econtent.hogrefe.com
Adapting a test from one language to another is no easy task. The literal translation of the
items is certainly not enough since the meanings and references change from one language …