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Acha, Joana; Agirregoikoa, Ainhize; Barreto, Florencia B.; Arranz, Enrique – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
The role of working memory (WM) in language acquisition has been widely reported in the developmental literature, but few studies have explored the role of sentence recall in the way WM and related linguistic abilities evolve. This study seeks to explore the organization and development of the memory architecture underlying language using a…
Descriptors: Role, Short Term Memory, Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition
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Cadima, Joana; McWilliam, R. A.; Leal, Teresa – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
This study examined the effects of the accumulation of family risk factors on children's literacy skills, both in preschool and in first grade. Children's (N = 106) vocabulary, conventions of print, phonological awareness, knowledge of letters, reading decoding, and reading comprehension were assessed. Family risk factors, consisting of household…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Phonological Awareness, At Risk Persons, Multivariate Analysis