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Strasser, Katherine; del Río, Francisca – Reading Research Quarterly, 2014
Recent studies have revealed that preschoolers' story comprehension is influenced by several basic as well as complex cognitive and linguistic processes. Among the abilities known to be relevant for young children's understanding of stories are the size of their vocabulary, their inference-making ability, and their working memory. In this study,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Reading Comprehension, Theory of Mind, Attention Control
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Garcia, Lucy; Nussbaum, Miguel; Preiss, David D. – Computers & Education, 2011
The main purpose of this study was to assess whether seventh-grade students use of information and communication technology (ICT) was related to performance on working memory tasks. In addition, the study tested whether the relationship between ICT use and performance on working memory tasks interacted with seventh-grade students' socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Games, Interaction