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Direct linkKe, Sihui; Xiao, Feng – Language Awareness, 2015
Substantial biliteracy research on two alphabetic languages has indicated that, once it is fostered in the first language (L1) literacy experience, morphological awareness can transfer and facilitate second language (L2) reading. It is still unclear, however, whether L1 metalinguistic awareness transfers in the same manner across typologically…
Descriptors: Chinese, English, Transfer of Training, Bilingualism
Download full textWyner, Lauren; Cohen, Andrew D. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
The aims of this paper are to review research literature on the role that the second language (L2) and foreign language (FL) environments actually play in the development of learners' target language (TL) pragmatic ability, and also to speculate as to the extent to which individual factors can offset the advantages that learners may have by being…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Pragmatics, Transfer of Training, Learning Motivation
Schwaighofer, Matthias; Fischer, Frank; Bühner, Markus – Educational Psychologist, 2015
A meta-analysis was undertaken to reexamine near- and far-transfer effects following working-memory training and to consider potential moderators more systematically. Forty-seven studies with 65 group comparisons were included in the meta-analysis. Results showed near-transfer effects to short-term and working-memory skills that were sustained at…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Meta Analysis, Transfer of Training, Task Analysis
Shipstead, Zach; Redick, Thomas S.; Engle, Randall W. – Psychological Bulletin, 2012
Working memory (WM) is a cognitive system that strongly relates to a person's ability to reason with novel information and direct attention to goal-relevant information. Due to the central role that WM plays in general cognition, it has become the focus of a rapidly growing training literature that seeks to affect broad cognitive change through…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intelligence, Transfer of Training, Short Term Memory
Spears, William D. – 1983
To lay a foundation for the design and effective use of low-cost, part-task and low-fidelity training devices, this report identifies dimensions of skill performance in terms of modern learning and behavior theory, and analyzes cognitive and motor skills as they relate to information processing. Cognitive processes discussed include task…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Design Requirements, Educational Equipment, Learning Theories
Redding, Richard E. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1990
Provides a critical review of recent research in metacognition and presents recommendations for assessing and improving metacognitive skills in trainees. Topics discussed include self-regulatory skills; training methods for problem solving; attention allocation; transfer of training; and cognitive-based techniques for task analysis and…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Critical Thinking, Instructional Design, Literature Reviews
