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Lammertink, Imme; Boersma, Paul; Wijnen, Frank; Rispens, Judith – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: The current meta-analysis provides a quantitative overview of published and unpublished studies on statistical learning in the auditory verbal domain in people with and without specific language impairment (SLI). The database used for the meta-analysis is accessible online and open to updates (Community-Augmented Meta-Analysis), which…
Descriptors: Learning, Language Impairments, Meta Analysis, Statistical Analysis
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Paivio, Allan – Instructional Science, 1980
Argues that mental images have functional properties similar to those of audiovisual media in that they can be intentionally and systematically used as the informational base for cognitive operations and as an aid to new learning. Experimental evidence is cited to support the claims. Nineteen references are cited. (Author/CHC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Audiovisual Aids, Imagery, Instructional Design
Friend, Margaret; Becker, Judith E. – Florida Educational Research and Development Council Research Bulletin, 1986
The report examines research on differences in the interpretations of discrepant and nondiscrepant messages by normal and emotionally disturbed children and reports on a study in which tone of voice and verbal content were discrepant in their affective meaning. A review of the research on discrepant messages, their delivery, interpretation, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Language, Communication Problems, Comprehension
Perfetti, Charles A. – 1983
Reading encompasses a wide range of verbal processes, among them such simple verbal processes as word decoding, letter recognition, name retrieval, and semantic access. The question is whether simple verbal processing differences are adequate to account for general reading ability differences. Across different verbal domains and different ages,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Decoding (Reading)
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Pressley, Michael – Child Development, 1982
The research literature on children's production of elaborations in associative learning tasks is reviewed, especially with respect to the questions of when children can produce elaborations under instruction, when they transfer elaborative strategy usage from one situation to another, and when they produce elaborative strategies spontaneously.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Associative Learning, Cognitive Development