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ERIC Number: EJ1223286
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Sep
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0165-0254
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Phonological Span in Children and Adults: Does Response Format Matter?
Oesterlen, Eva; Seitz-Stein, Katja
International Journal of Behavioral Development, v43 n5 p393-402 Sep 2019
In contrast to classical phonological span tasks, which require verbal recall, those used in self-reliant, group-administrable working memory measurement contain a visuospatial response format. As a consequence, these tasks involve recoding, executive, and visual search requirements in addition to encoding and storage processes. To examine age-dependent effects of these special requirements, tablet-based word and digit span tasks with a visuospatial response format were compared to corresponding tasks with a verbal response format in first and second graders, third and fourth graders, and adults (N = 105). Whereas children's performance was impaired by the visuospatial response format, adults' performance was not. Whether the arrangement of stimuli in the visuospatial response format--either variable or fixed--has differential effects on performance in children and adults (N = 434) was examined in a second experiment. No substantial differences between variable and fixed response format were found in any of the age groups. Possible underlying mechanisms for age-dependent effects of response format and the role of executive functions and visual search in automatized phonological span tasks are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 1; Primary Education; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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