Torgesen JK, Murphey HA. Verbal vs. nonverbal and complex vs. simple responses in the paired-associate learning of poor readers.
THE JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 1979;
101:219-26. [PMID:
533846 DOI:
10.1080/00221309.1979.9920076]
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Abstract
The relative ability of 38 fourth-grade boys, good and poor readers, to learn paired-associate lists requiring either verbal or nonverbal responses was assessed with four different tasks. Two of the tasks required either simple or complex verbal responses, while the other two involved learning simple and complex oral, nonverbal responses. The stimuli for all tasks were letter-like visual figures drawn on cards. The good readers learned more efficiently overall, but the major differences between reading groups occurred on the tasks requiring verbal responses.
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