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Greta Roettgen; Lindsey Peters-Sanders; Elizabeth Burke Hadley; Howard Goldstein; Elizabeth Spencer Kelley – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2024
Purpose: One challenge to the design and delivery of effective vocabulary intervention is the selection of vocabulary targets. The purpose of this study was to examine the relation of word characteristics to vocabulary learning from explicit vocabulary intervention. Method: This study was a secondary analysis of data from two recent efficacy…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills
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Swanson, H. Lee – Developmental Psychology, 2017
This study investigates whether age-related changes in the structure of 5 complex working memory (WM) tasks (a) reflect a general or domain specific system, (b) follows a similar trajectory across different age spans, and (c) contribute domain general or domain specific resources to achievement measures. The study parsed the sample (N = 2,471)…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Spatial Ability, Verbal Ability, Short Term Memory
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Sanocki, Thomas; Sulman, Noah – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2009
Three experiments examined the time course of layout priming with photographic scenes varying in complexity (number of objects). Primes were presented for varying durations (800-50 ms) before a target scene with 2 spatial probes; observers indicated whether the left or right probe was closer to viewpoint. Reaction time was the main measure. Scene…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Cognitive Processes, Experimental Psychology, Spatial Ability
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Kellow, J. Thomas; Jones, Brett D. – Current Issues in Education, 2005
"Stereotype threat" refers to the risk associated with confirming a negative stereotype based on group membership. We examined this effect in a sample of African-American high school students. Stereotype threat was manipulated by presenting a visual spatial reasoning test as (a) diagnostic of mathematical ability or (b) a culture and…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Stereotypes, High Stakes Tests, High School Students