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The recall and clustering of verbal materials among normal and poor readers was investigated. The results indicated quantitative differences between the two groups of readers. More importantly, the results also indicated that normal readers were able to maximize extra given time to learn and organize materials for remembering. Additionally, they were able to generate their own mnemonic strategies in the absence of instructional cues. The results were interpreted in terms of the poor reader’s unadaptiveness to the experimental task. Such unadaptiveness appears to be a function of production deficiency in mnemonic strategies.
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This research was supported by a grant from the President’s Research Fund Committee at Simon Fraser University. We thank Lewis Varga for his assistance in computer programming for data analyses.
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Wong, B., Wong, R. & Foth, D. Recall and clustering of verbal materials among normal and poor readers. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 10, 375–378 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329365
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