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A seventh-grade girl, Jennifer, is having
difficulty in school.  Her parents noticed that

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she has an excellent visual memory.  She can watch
complicated dance steps and easily repeat them.

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But her verbal memory seems to be below average.
If she hears a typical ten-word sentence, she will

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not get all of the words.  Similarly, she
frequently leaves out things when she talks.  She

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might say something like, "Isabelle is different,"
but leave out that she's talking about someone on

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a TV show.  People in the school are concerned
with Jennifer's poor memory and decide to place

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her in a special class where the curriculum is
simplified.  The regular science class is rigorous

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and includes not only lots of reading but time-
consuming laboratory experiments.  But the simp-

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lified science class drops the laboratory so students
can concentrate on the facts they need to learn.

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What are your thoughts about the school's
reactions to Jennifer's difficulty, and

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What kinds of theory and research might help us
better understand people like Jennifer and the

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kinds of learning activities they need?