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Overview

H. Lee Swanson is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States and focuses research primarily within the fields of psychology and mathematics. Their scholarly work concentrates on developmental and educational psychology, with particular attention to the cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills and reading and literacy development.

The main fields of study covered in their publications include:

  • Psychology
  • Mathematics

Subfields of study include:

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Education
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

The primary research topics addressed are:

  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Swanson include:

  • Working memory growth predicts mathematical problem-solving growth among emergent bilingual children (2020, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology)
  • The domain-specific approach of working memory training (2022, Developmental Review)
  • Word-Problem-Solving Interventions for Elementary Students With Learning Disabilities: A Selective Meta-Analysis of the Literature (2021, Learning Disability Quarterly)
  • Language-Focused Interventions on Math Performance for English Learners: A Selective Meta-Analysis of the Literature (2021, Learning Disabilities Research and Practice)
  • Cognition and writing development in early adolescent English learners (2021, Journal of Educational Psychology)

Frequently appearing publication venues in their body of work include:

  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Learning Disabilities Research and Practice
  • Child Neuropsychology
  • Developmental Review

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Genesis D. Arizmendi
  • Jui-Teng Li
  • Jennifer E. Kong
  • Stefania D. Petcu
  • Michael J. Orosco

Best Publications

  • The Relationship Between Working Memory and Mathematical Problem Solving in Children at Risk and Not at Risk for Serious Math Difficulties

    H. Lee Swanson;Margaret Beebe-Frankenberger

  • Memory difficulties in children and adults with learning disabilities.

    H. Lee Swanson;Leilani Sáez

  • Mathematical problem solving and working memory in children with learning disabilities: both executive and phonological processes are important.

    H.Lee Swanson;Carole Sachse-Lee

  • Rapid Naming, Phonological Awareness, and Reading: A Meta-Analysis of the Correlation Evidence

    H. Lee Swanson;Guy Trainin;Denise M. Necoechea;Donald D. Hammill

  • Experimental Intervention Research on Students with Learning Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis of Treatment Outcomes:

    H. Lee Swanson;Maureen Hoskyn

  • A meta-analysis on the relation between reading and working memory.

    Peng Peng;Marcia Barnes;Cui Cui Wang;Wei Wang

  • A Meta-Analysis of Co-Teaching Research Where Are the Data?

    Wendy Weichel Murawski;H. Lee Swanson

  • Working Memory, Short-Term Memory, and Reading Disabilities: A Selective Meta-Analysis of the Literature

    H. Lee Swanson;Xinhua Zheng;Olga Jerman

  • Reading Research for Students with LD A Meta-Analysis of Intervention Outcomes

    H. Lee Swanson

  • Individual Differences in Children's Working Memory and Writing Skill

    H.Lee Swanson;Virginia W. Berninger

  • Math Disabilities: A Selective Meta-Analysis of the Literature

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  • Short-Term Memory and Working Memory Do Both Contribute to Our Understanding of Academic Achievement in Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities?

    H. Lee Swanson

  • Reading comprehension and working memory in learning-disabled readers : Is the phonological loop more important than the executive system?

    H.Lee Swanson

  • Growth in Working Memory and Mathematical Problem Solving in Children at Risk and Not at Risk for Serious Math Difficulties.

    H. Lee Swanson;Olga Jerman;Xinghua Zheng

  • Developmental skills related to writing and reading acquisition in the intermediate grades : shared and unique functional systems

    Virginia W. Berninger;Ana C. Cartwright;Cheryl M. Yates;H. Lee Swanson

  • The influence of working memory on reading growth in subgroups of children with reading disabilities.

    H. Lee Swanson;Olga Jerman

  • COGNITION, METACOGNITION, AND ACHIEVEMENT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

    Guy Trainin;H. Lee Swanson

  • Are Mathematics Disabilities Due to a Domain-General or a Domain-Specific Working Memory Deficit?

    Kathleen M. Wilson;H. Lee Swanson

  • COGNITIVE PROCESSING DEFICITS AND STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES: A SELECTIVE META-ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE

    Evelyn S. Johnson;Michael Humphrey;Daryl F. Mellard;Kari Woods

  • Generality and modifiability of working memory among skilled and less skilled readers

    H. Lee Swanson

  • A Meta-Analysis of Single-Subject-Design Intervention Research for Students with LD

    H. Lee Swanson;Carole Sachse-Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Virginia W. Berninger
Virginia W. Berninger University of Washington
Robert D. Abbott
Robert D. Abbott University of Washington
Steve Graham
Steve Graham Arizona State University
Karen R. Harris
Karen R. Harris Arizona State University
Chandra A. Reynolds
Chandra A. Reynolds University of California, Riverside
Byron P. Rourke
Byron P. Rourke University of Windsor
Tracy Packiam Alloway
Tracy Packiam Alloway University of North Florida
Jan Blacher
Jan Blacher University of California, Riverside
Steven R. Forness
Steven R. Forness University of California, Los Angeles
Deborah C. Simmons
Deborah C. Simmons Texas A&M University

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