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Phonological Awareness: An investigation into the developmental role of vocabulary and short-term memory

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Simon Gibbs

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Abstract

This paper presents some evidence of how scores in measures of vocabulary, short-term memory and phonological awareness obtained from young children (aged five, six and seven years) were related. Further data from a small-scale longitudinal study are also presented. The results are consistent with previous suggestions that with regard to working memory, "less is more" in that a relatively small memory span and age-appropriate vocabulary appeared advantageous to the acquisition of phonological awareness.

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Author(s): Gibbs S

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Educational Psychology

Year: 2004

Volume: 24

Issue: 1

Pages: 13-25

ISSN (print): 0144-3410

ISSN (electronic): 1469-5820

Publisher: Routledge

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144341032000146412

DOI: 10.1080/0144341032000146412

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