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Peer reviewedSwanson, H. Lee; Sachse-Lee, Carole – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2001
This study explored relationship between working memory (WM) and mathematical problem solving, comparing children with learning disabilities (LD) to chronologically age-matched and younger achievement-matched children on measures of WM, phonological processing, problem-solving, and word problem-solving accuracy. Found support for notion that…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Direct linkSwanson, H. Lee; Saez, Leilani; Gerber, Michael – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
This study investigated growth in reading, vocabulary, and memory in children (ages 5 to 10) learning English as a second language identified at risk for reading disabilities (RD). A growth curve analysis showed that RD children were significantly below children not at risk in English and Spanish reading, Spanish short-term memory (STM), Spanish…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Vocabulary Development, Memory, Spanish
