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H. Lee Swanson; Catherine M. Lussier; Michael J. Orosco – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
This study investigated the role of strategy instruction and working memory capacity (WMC) on word problem solving accuracy in children with (n = 100) and without (n = 92) math difficulties (MD). Within classrooms, children in Grades 2 and 3 were randomly assigned to one of four treatment conditions: verbal-only strategies (e.g., underlining…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Short Term Memory, Problem Solving
Silverman, Irwin William; Craig James G. – Child Develop, 1969
Research supported by grant APA-178 from the National Research Council of Canada.
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Grade 2, Kindergarten Children
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Conca, Lydia – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
The study compared strategies chosen by second-grade learning disabled (LD) children with short-term memory problems, but with differences in naming facility, and same-age and younger nondisabled children. Subjects with poor naming abilities demonstrated selected strategy failures, while subjects with good naming abilities demonstrated more…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Grade 2, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies