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Sentence Comprehension and Working Memory in Children with Specific Language Impairment.

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Montgomery, James W. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996

This article examines the construct of working memory and its relationship to sentence comprehension difficulties of children with specific language impairment. Some sentence comprehension problems of these children may be related to inefficient management of working memory resources. Techniques for assessing working memory and enhancing the…

Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Evaluation Methods

Capacity Limitations in Working Memory: The Impact on Lexical and Morphological Learning by Children with Language Impairment.

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Weismer, Susan Ellis – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996

This article examines the role of capacity limitations in working memory for children with specific language impairment (SLI). Preliminary findings support the contention that capacity constraints play a role in language disorders and that variations in the presentation rate of linguistic models affect the ability of children with SLI to learn new…

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments