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Infants’ Visual Recognition Memory for a Series of Categorically Related Items
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Oakes, Lisa M.; Kovack-Lesh, Kristine A. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2013
Six-month-old infants' ("N" = 168) memory for individual items in a categorized list (e.g., images of dogs or cats) was examined to investigate the interactions between visual recognition memory, working memory, and categorization. In Experiments 1 and 2, infants were familiarized with six different cats or dogs, presented one at a time…
Descriptors: Infants, Memory, Visual Perception, Classification
Dynamic Testing, Working Memory, and Reading Comprehension Growth in Children with Reading Disabilities
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Swanson, H. Lee – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
This longitudinal study assessed (a) whether performance changes in working memory (WM) as a function of dynamic testing were related to growth in reading comprehension and (b) whether WM performance among subgroups of children with reading disabilities (RD; children with RD only, children with both reading and arithmetic deficits, and low verbal…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Maintenance, Testing
Connecting Brain Research to Classroom Learning: A Mixed-Method Study on How Teachers Apply Brain Research to Their Instruction
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McAteer, Todd C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine how knowledgeable teachers are in utilizing brain-researched instructional strategies. The research focused on determining which brain-researched strategies are implemented, the accuracy with which they are employed, and the degree to which they are utilized. A literature review revealed the most…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Research Design, Research Methodology, Knowledge Level