Dyslexia and Its Relationship with Working Memory (Verbal and Symbolic): A Comparative Study on a Sample of Fourth and Fifth Grade primary school students

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Amel kaddouri , Mabrouka zegheb , Belarouci zohra , Thouraya largot , Mebarki Afra , Messouda Montasser , Faiza boutra

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This study addressed the relationship between dyslexia and working memory, as the latter representsone of the essential components in learning to read among children. The aim of this study was toidentify the relationship between dyslexia and working memory. A group of fourth and fifth-grade primary school pupils was selected based on a set of diagnostic reading criteria. These individualswere categorized into two groups: typical readers (50) and dyslexic readers (16). The initialclassification was based on teachers’ opinions and students’ results in reading.

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