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Towse, John N.; Hitch, Graham J.; Horton, Neil; Harvey, Katarina – Developmental Science, 2010
Previous research has established the relevance of working memory for cognitive development. Yet the factors responsible for shaping performance in the complex span tasks used to assess working memory capacity are not fully understood. We report a study of reading span in 7- to 11-year-old children that addresses several contemporary theoretical…
Descriptors: Semantics, Short Term Memory, Memorization, Cognitive Development
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Baddeley, Alan D.; Hitch, Graham J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2000
Maintains that recent elaborations of the Baddeley and Hitch working memory model offer a better account of processes underlying cognitive development than that by existing neo-Piagetian interpretations. Argues that the episodic buffer, newly added to the model, offers a way of dealing with more complex cognitive activities. Suggests that attempts…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Memory
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Hitch, Graham J.; de Ribaupierre, Anik – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1994
Introduces the common theme among the papers presented in this issue, the development of working memory. Underlines the two different approaches presented. The neo-Piagetian perspective attempts to capitalize on the insights of Piaget's work by proposing information-processing accounts of cognitive development. The second perspective stems from…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Stages