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Peng, Peng; Fuchs, Douglas – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
Children with learning difficulties suffer from working memory (WM) deficits. Yet the specificity of deficits associated with different types of learning difficulties remains unclear. Further research can contribute to our understanding of the nature of WM and the relationship between it and learning difficulties. The current meta-analysis…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Short Term Memory, Meta Analysis, Verbal Ability
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Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Exceptional Children, 1989
Presented is a quantitative synthesis of examiner familiarity effects on Caucasian and minority students' test performance. Fourteen controlled studies were coded in terms of methodological quality and race-ethnicity. Caucasian students performed similarly in both familiar and unfamiliar examiner conditions, while Black and Hispanic children…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Examiners
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – Exceptional Children, 1986
This meta-analysis investigated the effects of formative evaluation procedures on student achievement. Twenty-one controlled studies generated 96 relevant effect sizes (average weighted effect size .70). Magnitude of effect of formative evaluation was associated with publication type, data-evaluation method, data display, and use of behavior…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education