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Alloway, Tracy Packiam; Archibald, Lisa – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
The authors compared 6- to 11-year-olds with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and those with specific language impairment (SLI) on measures of memory (verbal and visuospatial short-term and working memory) and learning (reading and mathematics). Children with DCD with typical language skills were impaired in all four areas of memory…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Memory, Language Skills, Psychomotor Skills
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Alloway, Tracy Packiam; Gathercole, Susan Elizabeth; Pickering, Susan J. – Child Development, 2006
This study explored the structure of verbal and visuospatial short-term and working memory in children between ages 4 and 11 years. Multiple tasks measuring 4 different memory components were used to capture the cognitive processes underlying working memory. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the processing component of working memory…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Spatial Ability, Children, Cognitive Processes