TABLE 3.

Characteristics of the two groups in experiment 2 (M ± SD).

	CA (n = 29)	DD (n = 29)	t	p	Cohen’s d
Age (years)	10.50 ± 0.85	10.36 ± 0.92	0.60	0.55	0.16
IQ (standard score)	112.07 ± 12.18	108.62 ± 13.43	1.03	0.31	0.27
Reading ability (number of Chinese characters)	2881.64 ± 261.72	1984.26 ± 325.37	11.57	<0.001	3.04
Word reading fluency (number of correct words/1 min)	105.03 ± 18.38	74.24 ± 13.27	7.32	<0.001	1.92
Phonological awareness (number of correct items)	27.24 ± 2.82	24.90 ± 4.84	2.26	0.03	0.59
Morphological awareness (number of correct items)	16.83 ± 1.73	14.93 ± 2.05	3.80	<0.001	1.00
RAN (sec)	13.82 ± 1.88	15.89 ± 2.04	−4.00	<0.001	−1.05