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Peer reviewedTorgesen, J. K.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
Four studies, involving 8 learning-disabled (LD) children with extreme memory difficulties, 8 LD children with average short-term memory skills, and 8 average children (ages 9-11), found that LD children have difficulties recalling both item and order information. These difficulties appear to be related to inefficiencies in phonological coding…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Memory
