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Cognitive Consequences of Contrasting Pedagogies: The Effects of Quranic Preschooling in Morocco.

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Wagner, Daniel A.; Spratt, Jennifer E. – Child Development, 1987

Results indicate specific and positive effects of Quranic schooling on serial memory but not on other memory or cognitive tasks. These findings replicate earlier reports that Quranic schooling affects specific (and not general) memory skills. (PCB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Memory

Working Memory and School Achievement in the Ninth Form.

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Lehto, Juhani – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1995

Explores the relationship between teenagers' working memory and school achievement. Experiments revealed significant correlations between the two, specifically in the field of foreign language. Includes descriptions of the experiments with accompanying statistical tables. (MJP)

Descriptors: Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies