Short-Term Memory and Working Memory: Do Both Contribute to Our Understanding of Academic Achievement in Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities?.

Swanson, H. Lee

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ERIC Number: EJ479346

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Short-Term Memory and Working Memory: Do Both Contribute to Our Understanding of Academic Achievement in Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities?

Swanson, H. Lee

Journal of Learning Disabilities, v27 n1 p34-50 Jan 1994

Investigation of the relationship between short-term memory (STM) and working memory (WM) with 75 children and adults with learning disabilities and 86 children without learning disabilities concluded that STM and WM reflect different processes, both of which seem to separate the 2 ability groups. Both STM and WM were related to reading comprehension and mathematics achievement. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Children, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Short Term Memory

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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