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Direct linkSwanson, H. Lee; Jerman, Olga; Zheng, Xinhua – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2009
This article synthesizes some of the published literature that selectively compares the cognitive functioning of children with math disabilities (MDs) with average-achieving children and poor readers (children with reading disabilities [RDs] or comorbid disabilities [RDs + MDs]). All studies in the synthesis report reading, IQ, and math scores for…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Intelligence Quotient, Short Term Memory
The Influence of Working Memory on Reading Growth in Subgroups of Children with Reading Disabilities
Swanson, H. Lee; Jerman, Olga – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2007
This 3-year longitudinal study determined whether (a) subgroups of children with reading disabilities (RD) (children with RD only, children with both reading and arithmetic deficits, and low verbal IQ readers) and skilled readers varied in working memory (WM) and short-term memory (STM) growth and (b) whether growth in an executive system and/or a…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Reading Difficulties
Swanson, H. Lee; Jerman, Olga; Zheng, Xinhua – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
The influence of cognitive growth in working memory (WM) on mathematical problem solution accuracy was examined in elementary school children (N = 353) at risk and not at risk for serious math problem solving difficulties. A battery of tests was administered that assessed problem solving, achievement, and cognitive processing (WM, inhibition,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Inhibition, Problem Solving, Short Term Memory
