The impact of poor working memory skills on a Grade 2 learner’s written and oral literacy performance

Reading & Writing

 
 
Field Value
 
Title The impact of poor working memory skills on a Grade 2 learner’s written and oral literacy performance
 
Creator Linnegar, Kate Condy, Janet McKinney, Emma
 
Subject — working memory; literacy; reading; comprehension; writing; concentration
Description This research examines the effects of poor working memory skills on a Grade 2 learner. Mediated learning is the theoretical framework that underpins this research project as the focus is on developing cognitive functions, particularly focusing on the working memory of a learner. An independent case study was conducted on one learner, using a qualitative research approach. Interviews and observations were conducted and inductively analysed. The learner followed a six-week intervention programme which was dynamically informed by recent literature as well as observations, interviews and a psychologist’s report. The findings indicated that the learner’s working memory, with particular reference to processing and storage, was challenged. The large demands of the classroom environment led to memory failure and he was prone to making errors. He experienced slow progress in his reading abilities, was unable to retain words and his reading was inconsistent. To alleviate some of his working memory demands, activities and instructions were broken down into smaller components to minimise his memory load, thus avoiding working memory related failures.
 
Publisher AOSIS Publishing
 
Contributor
Date 2014-05-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/rw.v5i1.37
 
Source Reading & Writing; Vol 5, No 1 (2014); 6 pages 2308-1422 2079-8245
 
Language eng
 
Relation
The following web links (URLs) may trigger a file download or direct you to an alternative webpage to gain access to a publication file format of the published article:

https://rw.org.za/index.php/rw/article/view/37/88 https://rw.org.za/index.php/rw/article/view/37/90 https://rw.org.za/index.php/rw/article/view/37/91 https://rw.org.za/index.php/rw/article/view/37/89
 
Coverage — — —
Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Kate Linnegar, Janet Condy, Emma McKinney https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
ADVERTISEMENT