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| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Encoding (Psychology) | 1 |
| Learning Disabilities | 1 |
| Reading Difficulties | 1 |
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| Verbal Learning | 1 |
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| Journal of Learning… | 1 |
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| Torgesen, Joseph K. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedTorgesen, Joseph K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The article examines the subgroup (15-20 percent) of learning disabled children who have problems with immediate verbatim recall of sequences of verbal information. Processing inefficiency in coding phonological language features leads to academic deficiencies in fluent word identification and word analysis skills. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Encoding (Psychology), Learning Disabilities
