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Beigneux, Katia; Plaie, Thierry; Isingrini, Michel – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2007
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of aging on the storage of visual and spatial working memory according to Logie's model of working memory (1995). In a first experiment young, elderly, and very old subjects carried out two tasks usually used to measure visual span (Visual Patterns Test) and spatial span (Corsi Block Tapping test).…
Descriptors: Memory, Spatial Ability, Aging Education, Psychometrics
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Kleinert, Harold L.; Browder, Diane M.; Towles-Reeves, Elizabeth A. – Review of Educational Research, 2009
This article addresses the application of the assessment triangle developed by the National Research Council (Pellegrino, Chudowsky, & Glaser, 2001), most specifically the cognition vertex of that triangle, to the unique learning characteristics of students with significant cognitive disabilities in developing and demonstrating academic…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Educational Assessment, Disabilities
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Long, Debra L.; Wilson, Jeannette; Hurley, Ryan; Prat, Chantel S. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2006
Readers construct at least 2 interrelated mental representations when they comprehend a text: a textbase and a situation model. Two experiments were conducted with recognition memory to examine how domain knowledge and text coherence influence readers' textbase and situation-model representations. In Experiment 1, participants made remember-know…
Descriptors: Psychological Evaluation, Text Structure, Recognition (Psychology), Cognitive Processes