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Montgomery, James W.; Evans, Julia L.; Fargo, Jamison D.; Schwartz, Sarah; Gillam, Ronald B. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: We assessed the potential direct and indirect (mediated) influences of 4 cognitive mechanisms we believe are theoretically relevant to canonical and noncanonical sentence comprehension of school-age children with and without developmental language disorder (DLD). Method: One hundred seventeen children with DLD and 117 propensity-matched…
Descriptors: Correlation, Cognitive Processes, Syntax, Sentences
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Lin, John Jr-Hung; Lin, Sunny S. J. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2014
The present study investigated (a) whether the perceived cognitive load was different when geometry problems with various levels of configuration comprehension were solved and (b) whether eye movements in comprehending geometry problems showed sources of cognitive loads. In the first investigation, three characteristics of geometry configurations…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Geometry, Comprehension
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Shannon, Sarah; Winterman, Brian – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2012
Primary literature is our main mode of communication in the sciences. As such, it is important for our undergraduates in the discipline to learn how to read primary literature. Incorporating primary literature into undergraduate science courses is often difficult because students are unprepared to comprehend primary articles. Learning to read and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Assignments, Scientific Methodology, Pattern Recognition
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VanDerHeyden, Amanda M.; Broussard, Carmen; Snyder, Patricia; George, Jamie; Lafleur, Sara Meche; Williams, Candace – School Psychology Review, 2011
Early measures of mathematics skill and development have focused on early numeracy skills like counting, number identification, and sequencing of numbers. This study attempted to expand early mathematics assessment. Six new measures of early mathematics skill competence were developed and evaluated. Four existing measures also were examined.…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Kindergarten, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Skills
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Adbo, Karina; Taber, Keith S. – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
The results presented here derive from a longitudinal study of Swedish upper secondary science students' (16-19 years of age) developing understanding of key chemical concepts. The informants were 18 students from two different schools. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mental models of matter at the particulate level that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Chemistry, High School Students
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Cheong, George S. C. – British Journal of Psychology, 1980
This study of 73 children sought to determine if children's perceptual comprehension of numerals is higher when they are shown symmetrical rather than asymmetrical arrangements of pegs, and if comprehension scores related to age, sex, and/or social class. The main hypothesis was rejected but some age and class differences were found. (SJL)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Comprehension, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children