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Interrelationships between Working Memory, Processing Speed, and Language Development in the Age Range 2-4 Years
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Newbury, Jayne; Klee, Thomas; Stokes, Stephanie F.; Moran, Catherine – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2016
Purpose: This study explored associations between working memory and language in children aged 2-4 years. Method: Seventy-seven children aged 24-30 months were assessed on tests measuring language, visual cognition, verbal working memory (VWM), phonological short-term memory (PSTM), and processing speed. A standardized test of receptive and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Correlation, Short Term Memory, Cognitive Processes
Cognitive and Reactive Control Processes
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Jarrett, Matthew A.; Gilpin, Ansley Tullos; Pierucci, Jillian M.; Rondon, Ana T. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be identified in the preschool years, but little is known about the correlates of ADHD symptoms in preschool children. Research to date suggests that factors such as temperament, personality, and neuropsychological functioning may be important in understanding the development of early ADHD…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Short Term Memory, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Contribution of Working Memory, Orthographic and Sentential Processing to Chinese Text Comprehension by Tibetan and Yi Students
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Tsung, Linda T. H.; Zhang, Lubei; Hau, Kit Tai; Leong, Che Kan – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2017
Two groups of 12-year-old ethnic minority (EM) users of alphasyllabary (66 Tibetan and 45 Yi) were compared with 42 Han Chinese students in comprehending Chinese narrative and expository texts, each with inferential questions requiring short open-ended written answers. Three constructs (verbal working memory, orthographic and sentential…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Chinese, Orthographic Symbols, Syntax
Serial-Order Short-Term Memory Predicts Vocabulary Development: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study
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Leclercq, Anne-Lise; Majerus, Steve – Developmental Psychology, 2010
Serial-order short-term memory (STM), as opposed to item STM, has been shown to be very consistently associated with lexical learning abilities in cross-sectional study designs. This study investigated longitudinal predictions between serial-order STM and vocabulary development. Tasks maximizing the temporary retention of either serial-order or…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Kindergarten, Vocabulary Development, Serial Ordering
Examining the Prediction of Reading Comprehension on Different Multiple-Choice Tests
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Andreassen, Rune; Braten, Ivar – Journal of Research in Reading, 2010
In this study, 180 Norwegian fifth-grade students with a mean age of 10.5 years were administered measures of word recognition skills, strategic text processing, reading motivation and working memory. Six months later, the same students were given three different multiple-choice reading comprehension measures. Based on three forced-order…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Multiple Choice Tests, Reading Motivation, Short Term Memory
Early Predictors of Calculation Fluency in Second Grade
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Locuniak, Maria N. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Calculation fluency weaknesses are a key characteristic of children with mathematics difficulties. The major aim of this dissertation was to uncover early predictors of calculation fluency weaknesses in second graders. Children's performance on number sense tasks in kindergarten along with general cognitive abilities, early literacy skills, and…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Short Term Memory, Multiple Regression Analysis, Kindergarten