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Leclercq, Anne-Lise; Majerus, Steve – Developmental Psychology, 2010
Serial-order short-term memory (STM), as opposed to item STM, has been shown to be very consistently associated with lexical learning abilities in cross-sectional study designs. This study investigated longitudinal predictions between serial-order STM and vocabulary development. Tasks maximizing the temporary retention of either serial-order or…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Kindergarten, Vocabulary Development, Serial Ordering
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Majerus, Steve; Poncelet, Martine; Greffe, Christelle; Van der Linden, Martial – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2006
Although many studies have shown an association between verbal short-term memory (STM) and vocabulary development, the precise nature of this association is not yet clear. The current study reexamined this relation in 4- to 6-year-olds by designing verbal STM tasks that maximized memory for either item or serial order information. Although…
Descriptors: Young Children, Vocabulary Development, Short Term Memory, Serial Ordering