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Peer reviewedTorgesen, Joseph K. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
A study of 30 normal and poor readers tested the hypothesis that reading disabled children's failure to apply effective strategies to rote-memory tasks is related to their lack of reflective knowledge about memory and their disorganized approach to cognitive tasks. Findings supported the view that many children fail to read well because they do…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedMcDaniel, Mark A.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
The article examines whether the material-appropriate processing approach can anticipate and explain the mnemonic effects of elaborative encoding tasks and study adjuncts for less able learners. Evidence suggests that less able learners are not capable of spontaneously exploiting the affordances of the to-be-learned material without appropriate…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Memory
Peer reviewedHaines, Deborah J.: Torgessen, Joseph K. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
The study investigated the effects of incentives for good performance on the selection and use of an efficient task strategy by 30 reading disabled and 30 normally reading second graders. (SBH)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes, Memory
