| Number | 484 |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Drawer | 8 |
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| Entry Date | 11/19/1999 |
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| Authors | Shankweiler, D., Smith, S. T., Mann, V. A. |
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| Publication | Brain and Language, 23, 241-257. |
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| Abstract | Tested 17 3rd-grade children (mean age 107.4 mo) with specific reading disability (Iowa Test of Basic Skills--Reading) and 17 classmates (mean age 109.3 mo) matched for age and IQ on 5 sentence types, each of which posed a problem in assigning pronoun reference. On one occasion the Subjects were tested for comprehension of the sentences by a forced-choice picture verification task. On a later occasion they received the same sentences as a repetition test. Good and poor readers differed significantly in immediate recall of the reflexive sentences, but not in comprehension of them as assessed by picture choice. It is suggested that the pictures provided cues that lightened the memory load, a possibility that could explain why the poor readers were not demonstrably inferior in comprehension of the sentences even though they made significantly
more errors than the good readers in recalling them. |
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