PoorAF children do not differ from controls on tasks retrieving semantic information (words, objects, countries) or verbal routines (proverbs)¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Children with PoorAF scored similarly to controls on word, object, country, and proverb selection tasks, refuting general semantic memory and verbal routine deficit hypotheses. → Mussolin 2008

Evidence¶

Mussolin 2008¶

Mussolin, C. and Noël, M-P. (2008). Specific Retrieval Deficit from Long-Term Memory in Children with Poor Arithmetic Facts Abilities. The Open Psychology Journal. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874350100801010026

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Separate analyses by task following the group-by-task ANCOVA showed no significant group differences on word, object, country, or proverb selection tasks (all p > .05). The proverb task was more difficult for both groups but showed no group difference.

"the children who performed poorly and normally on the multiplication fluency task did not differ on the three tasks requiring them to retrieve information from long-term semantic memory. They scored similarly when asked to select the word or the object associated with a target and when asked to select the country corresponding to the target capital name"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Arithmetic Fact Retrieval — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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