Table 3.

Reading span scores, as the number of words recalled from correct sequences.

	First session	First of two sessions	Second of two sessions
Ascending sequence order
9-year-olds	6.95 (4.83)	6.42 (3.99)	8.67 (3.64)
11-year-olds	12.0 (4.86)	11.9 (4.62)	11.5 (5.60)
Descending sequence order
9-year-olds	8.04 (4.75)	9.00 (4.77)	9.94 (6.81)
11-year-olds	10.3 (4.05)	10.2 (3.69)	13.5 (5.08)

Note. Data from the first session involve 130 children, while 75 children completed two sessions, and their performance is reported at each assessment. Standard deviations in parentheses.