Spoken sentence comprehension by good and poor readers: A study with the token test.
Number
571
Year
1986
Drawer
10
Entry Date
11/17/1999
Authors
Smith, S. T., Mann, V. A., & Shankweiler,
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Publication
Cortex 22,, 627-632.
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Abstract
Examined 35 3rd-grade children, divided into good and poor readers, on (a) a test of immediate memory for word strings and (b) on a version of the Token Test (TT) to assess sentence comprehension. Poor readers made more errors than good readers in recall of word strings and on some TT items. Those TT items that impose the greatest burden on short-term memory were the most sensitive to reader group differences; syntactic complexity alone did not distinguish the groups. Findings support other indications that poor readers make less effective use of working memory in processing spoken sentences than do good readers; they do not indicate a syntactic deficit on the part of poor readers.
