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Broadbent, H. J.; Osborne, T.; Rea, M.; Peng, A.; Mareschal, D.; Kirkham, N. Z. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Multisensory information has been shown to facilitate learning (Bahrick & Lickliter, 2000; Broadbent, White, Mareschal, & Kirkham, 2017; Jordan & Baker, 2011; Shams & Seitz, 2008). However, although research has examined the modulating effect of unisensory and multisensory distractors on multisensory processing, the extent to which…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Sensory Integration
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Weinberg, Julia – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2011
A considerable amount of learning, especially in the early years, is incidental learning. What is incidental learning? It is learning that occurs simply through exposure to the environment--what people hear, see, and experience. It takes place in the natural course of events, without intentionally directed instruction about how or what to learn.…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Experiential Learning, Prior Learning, Literacy
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Battersby, Sarah E.; Golledge, Reginald G.; Marsh, Meredith J. – Journal of Geography, 2006
In this paper, the authors evaluate map overlay, a concept central to geospatial thinking, to determine how it is naively and technically understood, as well as to identify when it is leaner innately. The evaluation is supported by results from studies at three grade levels to show the progression of incidentally learned geospatial knowledge as…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction, Learning Processes