TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of causal structure on immediate and delayed story recall by children with mild mental retardation, children with learning disabilities, and children without disabilities
AU - Wolman, Clara
AU - Van Den Broek, Paul
AU - Lorch, Robert F.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Children with mild mental retardation, children with learning disabilities, and children without disabilities read and recalled a story immediately and after a delay of 4 or 5 days. The effects of the story's causal structure on recall were compared for the three groups. Although children with mild mental retardation recalled less than the other groups, the effects of causal structure were similar across the three groups. At both retention intervals, all groups recalled content better if it was on the story's causal chain than if it was off the causal chain, and statements with many causal connections better than statements with few causal connections. All groups were sensitive to the causal structure of the story. The only notable difference was that the children with mild retardation forgot content on the causal chain somewhat faster than content off the causal chain, whereas the other two groups showed the reverse pattern.
AB - Children with mild mental retardation, children with learning disabilities, and children without disabilities read and recalled a story immediately and after a delay of 4 or 5 days. The effects of the story's causal structure on recall were compared for the three groups. Although children with mild mental retardation recalled less than the other groups, the effects of causal structure were similar across the three groups. At both retention intervals, all groups recalled content better if it was on the story's causal chain than if it was off the causal chain, and statements with many causal connections better than statements with few causal connections. All groups were sensitive to the causal structure of the story. The only notable difference was that the children with mild retardation forgot content on the causal chain somewhat faster than content off the causal chain, whereas the other two groups showed the reverse pattern.
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U2 - 10.1177/002246699703000405
DO - 10.1177/002246699703000405
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031286062
SN - 0022-4669
VL - 30
SP - 439
EP - 455
JO - Journal of Special Education
JF - Journal of Special Education
IS - 4
ER -