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Gan, Jennifer; Tymchuk, Alexander J. – 1980
This study examined the effect of presentation rate on accuracy of digit serial recall and on serial position curves of digit strings of different lengths with 18 boys classified as reading retarded and a comparison group of children (ages for both groups averaged 11 years) who read at grade level. The results indicated that normal children…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Males, Memory, Reading Difficulties
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Cohen, R. L.; Netley, C. – Intelligence, 1981
Two groups of reading-disabled (RD) children were compared with controls (age- and IQ-matched competent readers), on a serial running memory task. RD children performed reliably worse than their controls due to an inability to encode serial items in the form of serial phonological patterns. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades