Working memory and dyslexia in children with underachievement problem

Abstract

The present study aimed to reveal the relationship between the working memory weakness and the reading
difficulties to the pupils who have underachievement problem, and to expose the differences in working memory
level and reading difficulties among latecomers curriculum pupils of primary stage and the normal ones. We applied
the reading test of the French researcher Lefavrais and the active memory test with its two branches” visuospatial
memory”and the phonological loop designed by Badley and Gathercole on a sample composed of 20 pupils. And
the results proved that there is a relationship between the working memory weakness and the reading difficulties to
the pupils who have an underachievement problem. And there are statistic significant differences among
latecomers curriculum pupils and the normal ones in the variables of reading difficulties and working memory level
in both sides (”visuospatial memory”and the phonological loop.“ )