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Constructive processes in skilled and less skilled comprehenders' memory for sentences
Author(s) -
Oakhill Jane
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1982.tb01785.x
Subject(s) - psychology , constructive , cognitive psychology , comprehension , cognitive science , developmental psychology , linguistics , process (computing) , philosophy , computer science , operating system
An experiment was carried out to investigate seven‐eight‐year‐old children's memory for aurally presented sentences. A recognition‐memory task was used to probe constructive memory processes in two groups differentiated by their ability at comprehending printed text. The recognition errors of both groups indicated that they constructed meanings implied by the original input sentences, whilst demonstrating poor memory for the syntactic form of the sentences. The tendency to construct meanings implied by the original input sentences was greater in children who scored higher on tests of reading comprehension of text. These results indicate that constructive memory processes are related to comprehension ability in young readers.