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Swanson, H. Lee; Howard, Crystal B.; Saez, Leilani – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
The purpose of this study was to determine the components of working memory (WM) that underlie less skilled readers' comprehension and word recognition difficulties. Performance of 3 less skilled reading subgroups--children with reading disabilities (RD) in both word recognition and comprehension; children with comprehension deficits only; and…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Short Term Memory, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension
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Swanson, H. Lee; Howard, Crystal B. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
This study was conducted to determine whether the cognitive performance of reading disabled and poor readers can be separated under dynamic assessment procedures, and whether measures related to dynamic assessment add unique variance, beyond IO, in predicting reading achievement scores. The sample consisted of 70 children (39 females and 31…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Difficulties, Comparative Analysis, Scores