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Does Growth in Working Memory Span or Executive Processes Predict Growth in Reading and Math in Children with Reading Disabilities?
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Jerman, Olga; Reynolds, Chandra; Swanson, H. Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2012
The present study investigated whether (a) growth patterns related to cognitive processing (working memory, updating, inhibition) differed in subgroups of children with reading disabilities (RD) and (b) growth in working memory (executive processing) predicted growth in other cognitive areas, such as reading and math. Seventy-three children (ages…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Inhibition, Short Term Memory, Decoding (Reading)
Learning Disabled Readers' Verbal Coding Difficulties: A Problem of Storage or Retrieval?
Swanson, H. Lee – Learning Disabilities Research, 1986
Sixteen skilled and 16 learning disabled (LD) readers (ages 11-12) viewed nonsense pictures either without names, with names that emphasized the semantic aspects of the picture, or with names unassociated with the pictorial representation. Results suggested that semantic coding deficits in LD readers were localized to retrieval processes.…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Memory
The Relationship between Phonological Codes on Memory and Spelling Tasks for Students with and without Learning Disabilities.
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Swanson, H. Lee; Ramalgia, Janet M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
This study examined the degree to which 31 13-year-old children with learning disabilities were comparable to younger reading and spelling matched controls in (1) phonological similarity effects, (2) phonetically based misspellings, and (3) relationships between memory and spelling performance. An overreliance on phonological codes was found for…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Memory