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ERIC Number: EJ384029
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Studies of Children with Learning Disabilities Who Perform Poorly on Memory Span Tasks.
Torgesen, Joseph K.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v21 n10 p605-12 Dec 1988
The article examines the subgroup (15-20 percent) of learning disabled children who have problems with immediate verbatim recall of sequences of verbal information. Processing inefficiency in coding phonological language features leads to academic deficiencies in fluent word identification and word analysis skills. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Encoding (Psychology), Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulties, Short Term Memory, Verbal Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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