Haskins Publications

Number	709
Year	1990
Drawer	13
Entry Date	11/15/1999
Authors	Rapala, M. M., & Brady, S.A.
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Publication	Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2, 1-25.
url	http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0709.pdf
Abstract	Investigated the basis of short-term memory deficits for children with reading disability and explored the origin of developmental verbal memory span increases. Using a variety of memory and phonological tasks, reading group comparisons were conducted testing 3rd-grade good readers (n =14) and poor readers (n = 14), and developmental changes were studied with pre-kindergarten (n = 15), 1st-grade (n = 15) and the 3rd-grade children. A strong relationship was observed between efficiency of phonological processes and capacity of verbal memory supporting the hypothesis that reducing phonological processing requirements in verbal short-term memory increases available resources for storage. However, the verbal short-term memory deficit in poor readers significantly corresponded with less accurate phonological processing, and developmental increases in verbal short-term memory were accompanied by more accurate and rapid execution of phonological tasks.
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