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Wang, Hua-Chen; Castles, Anne; Nickels, Lyndsey; Nation, Kate – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
The self-teaching hypothesis proposes that orthographic learning takes place via phonological decoding in meaningful texts, that is, in context. Context is proposed to be important in learning to read, especially when decoding is only partial. However, little research has directly explored this hypothesis. The current study looked at the effect of…
Descriptors: Spelling, Phonetic Transcription, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development
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Peng, Peng; Congying, Sun; Beilei, Li; Sha, Tao – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
Children with mathematics difficulties suffer from working memory deficits. This study investigated the deficit profile of phonological storage and executive functions in working memory among children with mathematics difficulties. Based on multiple instruments and two assessment points, 68 children were screened out of 805 fifth graders. Of these…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Inhibition, Short Term Memory