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Direct linkRoch, Maja; Florit, Elena; Levorato, M. Chiara – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The current study was designed to investigate the role played by verbal memory in the advantage shown by individuals with Down syndrome in reading over listening text comprehension (Roch & Levorato, 2009). Two different aspects of verbal memory were analyzed: processing load and coding modality. Participants were 20 individuals with Down syndrome,…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Memory
Nash, Hannah; Heath, James – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Thirteen children and young adults with Down syndrome (DS) completed tests of language and reading and their performance was compared to that of three control groups. Reading comprehension was confirmed to be a specific deficit in DS and found to be strongly correlated with underlying language skills. Although reading comprehension was more…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Oral Language, Down Syndrome
