Rendement en lecture et vitesse du traitement de l'information chez les enfants de 6 à 8 ans

The following study aims at testing information processing rate (IPR) measurements by verifying their potential relationship with the reading performance of children between 6 and 8 years old. One hundred and five children were involved in the study. Rate measurements were done with three tools, namely the Tests de rendement cognitif pour adultes présentant une déficience intellectuelle (Cognitive performance test for mentally retarded adults) (TRCA; Loranger & Pépin, 1997), the Temps de réaction des Tests de rendement cognitif pour enfants (TRCE; Loranger & Pépin, 1998) (Response time of cognitive performance tests for children) and the Rapid automatized naming test (RAN Test; Denckla & Rudel, 1976b). The reading performance as such is evaluated with the Test d'habiletés en lecture (THAL; Pépin & Loranger, 1999) (Reading skills test) and with the Test phonologique (Melançon, Ziarko & Gagnon, dans Melançon, 1997) (Phonological Test). The results of the canonical correlations analyses indicate the existence of moderate relations (0.66 and 0.55) between the different rate measurement and reading performance groupings. Results show that the IPR maintains significant relations with reading performance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)