| Number | 601 |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Drawer | 11 |
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| Entry Date | 11/17/1999 |
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| Authors | Brady, S.A., Mann, V., & Schmidt, R. |
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| Publication | Memory & Cognition, 15(5), 444-453. |
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| Abstract | Investigated the role of phonetic factors in the performance of good and poor beginning readers on a verbal short-term memory task. 14 good and 14 poor readers in the 2nd and 3rd grades repeated 4-item lists of consonant^vowel syllables in which each consonant shared 0, 1, or 2 features with other consonants in the string. As in previous studies, the poor readers performed less accurately than the good readers. However, the nature of their errors was the same: Both groups tended to transpose initial consonants as a function of their phonetic similarity and adjacency. Findings suggest that poor readers are able to employ a phonetic coding strategy in short-term memory, as do good readers, but less skillfully. |
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