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Individual Differences in the Development of Early Writing Skills: Testing the Unique Contribution of Visuo-Spatial Working Memory
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Bourke, Lorna; Davies, Simon J.; Sumner, Emma; Green, Carolyn – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
Visually mediated processes including, exposure to print (e.g. reading) as well as orthographic transcription and coding skills, have been found to contribute to individual differences in literacy development. The current study examined the role of visuospatial working memory (WM) in underpinning this relationship and emergent writing. One hundred…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Writing Skills, Spatial Ability, Coding
Component Reading Skills in Down Syndrome
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Cardoso-Martins, Claudia; Peterson, Robin; Olson, Richard; Pennington, Bruce – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009
This study investigates word reading skill in Down Syndrome (DS). Two main questions are addressed: (1) Is reading an island of ability in DS? and (2) What are the cognitive correlates of word reading ability in DS? In particular, how do language versus visual-spatial skills relate to individual differences in reading ability in DS? Participants…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Reading Skills, Spatial Ability, Individual Differences