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Two Experiments on the Effects of Mnemonic Strategies: Is It Mode or Cognitive Function that Influences Learning?
Ho, Hing-Kay – Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development, 1984
Discusses two experiments designed to clarify the cognitive functions of mnemonics in fact learning. One presents subjects with a single attribute mnemonic, providing only the perceptual link, while the other presents subjects with a two-stage model serving the cognitive functions of providing a perceptual link followed by a meaningful link. (MBR)
Descriptors: Chinese, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Learning Strategies
Effect of Instructional Cues on Memory for New Words by Poor Readers.
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Baber, Gail; Bacon, Ellen H. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1995
This study with 12 2nd- and 3rd-grade students with mild disabilities compared memory for new reading words following instructional sessions in which either word meaning or phonic cues were emphasized. The phonic instruction resulted in a greater number of words remembered either within sentences or on word lists. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Instructional Effectiveness, Memory, Mild Disabilities
Improving Elementary LD Students' Recall of Social Studies and Science Vocabulary Using Mnemonic Instruction.
Hollaway, Becky L. – 1989
This study conducted in a midwestern city, addressed problems experienced by learning disabled (LD) students in recalling specialized science and social studies vocabulary. This apparent problem was confirmed by a teacher questionnaire and analyses of types and frequency of test errors on recent exams. Students appeared unfamiliar with memory…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Memory
Frequency of Input Effects on Word Comprehension of Children with Specific Language Impairment.
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Rice, Mabel L.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1994
This study compared factors contributing to Quick Incidental Learning of new vocabulary by 50 5-year olds with specific language impairment (SLI) and 2 comparison groups. Although SLI children exhibited a robust representational mapping ability, performance was modulated by a minimum input constraint and apparent problems with storage into…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Incidental Learning, Language Acquisition
Vocabulary Acquisition: Implications for Reading Comprehension
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Wagner, Richard K., Ed.; Muse, Andrea E., Ed.; Tannenbaum, Kendra R., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2006
Understanding a text requires more than the ability to read individual words: it depends greatly on vocabulary knowledge. This important book brings together leading literacy scholars to synthesize cutting-edge research on vocabulary development and its connections to reading comprehension. The volume also reviews an array of approaches to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Language Processing
Keywords and Vocabulary Acquisition: Some Words of Caution about Words of Assistance.
Johnson, Craig W.; And Others – Educational Communication and Technology, 1985
Consistent results of two experiments, in which undergraduate students were taught relatively technical native language vocabulary through keyword methods, showed that effectiveness of such methods depended upon whether meanings of words to be learned were abstract or concrete and whether comprehension was assessed immediately or after a delay.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Imagery, Learning Strategies, Memory