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Cognitive Strategies of Children with Reading Disability and Normal Readers in Visual Sequential Memory

Dept. of Psychology Nedlands, Western Australia 6009

P. J. Livesey, PhD

Dept. of Psychology Nedlands, Western Australia 6009

Primary school boys with reading disability were divided into two groups (dysphonetics and dyseidetics) on the basis of learning style defined by an analysis of spelling errors. Dysphonetics and dyseidetics clearly differed in their cognitive strategies in visual sequential memory tasks, yet were able to remember items presented sequentially provided that the nature of the stimulus was congruent with learning style. In memory for order tasks incorporating both spatial and serial formats, dysphonetics chose spatial order in preference to serial order whereas preferences of dyseidetics were in the opposite direction. When they were required to recognise both spatial order and serial order, dysphonetics made more correct spatial order responses than dyseidetics. The converse was the case for correct serial order responses. As a composite group, children with reading disability were shown to be no less competent in these tasks than normal readers who also revealed strong strategy preferences and little flexibility in switching strategies.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 18, No. 6, 326-332 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948501800604


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