Text Composition by Deaf and Hearing Middle-School Students: The Role of Working Memory

Text Composition by Deaf and Hearing Middle-School Students: The Role of Working Memory

The aim of this study was to compare the compositional performances of deaf and hearing students and to investigate the relationships between these performances and working memory capacities. Fifteen prelingually deaf, sign-using students and 15 hearing students composed a descriptive text and perfo...

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Published in:Reading & writing Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 333 - 360
Main Authors: Alamargot, Denis, Lambert, Eric, Thebault, Claire, Dansac, Christophe
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer 01-06-2007
Springer Nature B.V
Springer Verlag
Subjects:
Cognitive science
Comparative Analysis
Correlation
Deafness
Education
Fluency
Foreign Countries
France
Grammar
Humanities and Social Sciences
Memory
Middle School Students
Phonology
Psychology
Semiotics
Short Term Memory
Spatial Ability
Spelling
Students
Writing
Writing (Composition)
Writing Skills
France
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Summary:The aim of this study was to compare the compositional performances of deaf and hearing students and to investigate the relationships between these performances and working memory capacities. Fifteen prelingually deaf, sign-using students and 15 hearing students composed a descriptive text and performed working memory tasks. The deaf students had poorer compositional performances in terms of fluency and spelling. They also displayed shorter writing and phonological spans. Correlations indicate that greater visuospatial capacity is associated with better conceptual processing in hearing students, but with an increase in grammatical errors in both deaf and hearing students. In the conclusion, we evoke ways of improving writing skills in deaf students in relation to working memory. (Contains 5 tables.)
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ISSN:0922-4777
1573-0905
DOI:10.1007/s11145-006-9033-y