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Concurrent Verbalizations, Pedagogical Conditions, and Reactivity: Two CALL Studies
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Sanz, Cristina; Lin, Hui-Ju; Lado, Beatriz; Bowden, Harriet Wood; Stafford, Catherine A. – Language Learning, 2009
The article summarizes results from two experimental studies on reactivity. In the first experiment, 24 college-age participants received a computerized treatment that delivered a grammar lesson, practice, and feedback on assignment of semantic functions in Latin. Verbalizations did not induce reactivity on accuracy, but they slowed down posttest…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Semantics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Expectancy, Integration, and Interactional Processes: Age Differences in the Nature of Words Affected by Sentence Context.
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Schwantes, Frederick M. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Two experiments investigated sentence context effects on the naming times of sentence completion words by third-grade children and college students. The semantic acceptability of the word in the sentence context had a much greater influence on children's word identification times than adults'. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Context Clues, Prediction
Semantic Priming During Sentence Processing by Young and Older Adults.
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Burke, Deborah M.; Yee, Penny L. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Compares the semantic processing skills of younger adults (mean age 25) and older adults (mean age 68). After reading a sentence, subjects performed a task in which responses did not depend on retention. Results provided no evidence for age-related changes, including those associated with access to implied information. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), College Students, Memory, Older Adults