NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Farnham-Diggory, S.; Gregg, Lee W. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
Investigated memory span and memory scanning in both auditory and visual modalities of 24 good and poor, 10-year-old readers. The major finding was that short-term memory function deteriorated over time in the poor reading group. (Author/LLK)
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Error Patterns
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Higgins, Anne T.; Turnure, James E. – Child Development, 1984
Preschool, second-, and sixth-grade children performed developmentally gradated, easy and difficult visual discrimination tasks in a quiet room or with one of two levels of extraneous auditory stimulation. Subjects' errors, response latencies, and glances away from the task were recorded. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education