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Peer reviewedJerger, Susan; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
This study investigated the multidimensional information underlying accurate speech perception as processed by children with mild to severe hearing impairments. Results suggested that the auditory dimension has a normal strength-of-processing level (thus normally distracting) but that the linguistic dimension has an underdeveloped…
Descriptors: Attention, Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Deafness
Download full textDudczak, Craig A. – 1983
Defining "information overload" as the condition that occurs when the amount of available information exceeds the ability of the user to process it, this paper contends that this condition has now affected the arena of academic debate. The first section of the paper examines the nature of overload and discusses its consequences on the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Debate, Definitions, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAckerman, Brian P. – Child Development, 1986
Investigates whether 7- and 10-year-old children and adults are sensitive to their own and another listener's failure to understand literal and nonliteral (sarcastic) uses of utterances. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedBerk, Laura E.; Garvin, Ruth A. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Examines theoretical issues concerning the development of and the unity or diversity underlying private speech and studies the developmental progression of private speech in a low-income, culturally different sample. The effects of age, sex, environmental context, and the relationship of social speech to varieties of private speech are also…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Context Effect
Norris, Stephen P. – 1985
The usefulness of studying thought processes in the construct validation of ability tests was examined using a sample consisting of 343 Canadian senior high school students. Four levels of probing were used by the interviewer to examine the students' thinking processes while taking the Test on Appraising Observations: (1) think aloud; (2)…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Critical Thinking
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1980
The proceedings of a conference designed to give researchers and educators the opportunity to discuss issues affecting public education, this report opens with a description of the Research and Development Exchange Coordinating Group's initial efforts to address teacher concerns in oral and written communication instruction. It then lists…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research
Cazden, Courtney B. – 1988
Noting that classroom communication is a central issue in school systems, because spoken language is the medium by which much teaching takes place, this book investigates classroom discourse within the framework of applied linguistics, and discusses research drawn from elementary, secondary and postsecondary classrooms. The first section deals…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
