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Clock Reading: An Underestimated Topic in Children with Mathematics Difficulties
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Burny, Elise; Valcke, Martin; Desoete, Annemie – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Recent studies have shown that children with mathematics difficulties (MD) have weaknesses in multiple areas of mathematics. Andersson, for example, recently found that children with MD perform significantly worse than other children on clock reading tasks. The present study builds on this recent finding and aims at a more profound understanding…
Descriptors: Memory, Reading Ability, Mathematical Aptitude, Mathematics Achievement
Elaborative-Interrogation Effects Depend on the Nature of the Question.
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Martin, Vicky L.; Pressley, Michael – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
Potential mechanisms mediating the facilitative effects of elaborative interrogation on associative memory were investigated with Canadian university students reading facts about Canadian provinces. One hundred subjects answered "why" questions about each fact, whereas 10 subjects in the control group did not. Conditions under which…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), College Students, Comparative Testing, Foreign Countries
Spatial Abilities and Individual Differences in Visual Information Processing.
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Juhel, Jacques – Intelligence, 1991
Individual differences in performance on 4 computer-controlled visual memory and recognition tasks as a function of performance on 5 paper-and-pencil spatial tests were studied for 90 psychology students attending the University of Rennes (France). Results show that spatial thinking is partially supported by visual memory. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Foreign Countries