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Alloway, Tracy Packiam; Gathercole, Susan E.; Elliott, Julian – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether behaviours typical of working memory problems are associated with poor academic attainment in those with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as well as a non-clinical group identified on the basis of working memory difficulties. Method: Children clinically diagnosed with…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Standardized Tests, Numeracy, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Raghubar, Kimberly; Cirino, Paul; Barnes, Marcia; Ewing-Cobbs, Linda; Fletcher, Jack; Fuchs, Lynn – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
Errors in written multi-digit computation were investigated in children with math difficulties. Third- and fourth-grade children (n = 291) with coexisting math and reading difficulties, math difficulties, reading difficulties, or no learning difficulties were compared. A second analysis compared those with severe math learning difficulties, low…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Reading Difficulties, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities
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Pickering, Susan J.; Gathercole, Susan E. – Educational Psychology, 2004
The working memory skills of children with four categories of special educational needs (SEN) were investigated: general learning difficulties, language problems, literacy problems, and attentional and behavioural problems. Children with general learning difficulties performed poorly on measures of all three components of the working memory model:…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Short Term Memory, Special Education