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Jan C. Frijters
Researcher at Brock University
Publications - 62
Citations - 2379
Jan C. Frijters is an academic researcher from Brock University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Reading (process) & Reading disability. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 53 publications receiving 2046 citations. Previous affiliations of Jan C. Frijters include University of Stavanger & University of Guelph.
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Direct and Mediated Influences of Home Literacy and Literacy Interest on Prereaders' Oral Vocabulary and Early Written Language Skill.
TL;DR: This article found that home literacy is directly related to vocabulary but that phonological awareness mediates its relationship with written language, and that literacy interest was unrelated to phonological aware and accounted for unique variance in written language only.
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Remediating the Core Deficits of Developmental Reading Disability A Double-Deficit Perspective
TL;DR: The double-deficit hypothesis contends that deficits in phonological awareness and deficits in visual naming speed represent two independent causal impediments to reading acquisition for children with developmental reading disabilities (RD).
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Naming Speed Performance and Stimulant Effects Indicate Effortful, Semantic Processing Deficits in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
TL;DR: The findings challenge the tenet that naming speed deficits are specific to RD and implicate naming speed deficit associated with effortful semantic processing in ADHD, which are improved but not normalized by stimulant medication.
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A Review of Self-Report and Alternative Approaches in the Measurement of Student Motivation.
Sara M. Fulmer,Jan C. Frijters +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that the scope of motivation research can be expanded by incorporating a wider range of methodologies and measurement tools, including phenomenological, neuropsychological/physiological, and behavioral.