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LDA of Minnesota, 2007
Working memory has been called the "door to learning" (think the library) and is strongly related to performance in reading comprehension and problem-solving. Persons with strong working memory have a wide open door for acquiring all types of new information. They are able to hang on to new information, work with it, integrate it with lots of…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Memory, Cognitive Processes, Learning Disabilities
Shoemaker, Linda C. – Academic Therapy Quarterly, 1971
Explained is the use of memorizing techniques found to stimulate learning processes and memory in a group of learning disabled children. (CB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes, Memorization
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Cooke, Nancy L.; Reichard, Shannon M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1996
Six fifth-grade students with learning and/or behavioral/emotional disabilities received peer tutoring on multiplication and division facts using 3 drill and practice conditions varying in the ratio of unknown to known facts (30:70, 50:50, and 70:30). Five of the students mastered facts at a faster rate in the 70% unknown/30% known condition. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Difficulty Level, Division, Drills (Practice)