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Schneider, H. G.; Ferrante, A. P. – Journal of Psychology, 1983
A total of 90 undergraduate volunteers learned a 12-pair, low-frequency verbal discrimination list. Independent variables were feedback (positive only, negative only, or both) and initial success (17, 50, or 83 percent correct on the first trial). While the main effect of feedback was not significant, that of initial success was. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Higher Education, Success

Libkuman, Terry M. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1982
Results revealed a significant Intelligence x Frequency interaction, which indicated that the retarded group exhibited an incidential learning deficit but only under the high frequency condition. A possible explanation for this finding was discussed within the context of depth of processing. (Author)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Incidental Learning, Mental Retardation, Verbal Learning

Kiernan, Barbara; And Others – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1997
Thirty 4- and 5-year-olds with specific language impairment (SLI) and 30 normally developing peers participated in a discrimination learning-shift paradigm. Both groups were equally successful in extracting regularities from recurring nonverbal stimuli and in making shifts. Findings failed to provide evidence that children with SLI are less able…
Descriptors: Child Development, Discrimination Learning, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
Levin, Joel R.; And Others – 1974
This study was concerned with the effect of situational frequency manipulations on subsequent discrimination learning. The subjects were 104 fourth-grade children attending two elementary schools located in middle-class residential areas. Twenty-six subjects were randomly assigned to each of two picture conditions. The other 52 subjects were…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Grade 4, Learning, Perception
Ghatala, Elizabeth S.; Levin, Joel R. – 1974
The present study affords an explanation for the consistent, but not always statistically significant, pattern showing superior verbal discrimination learning performance for low- as compared to high-frequency words. In a frequency judgment task it was found that relative to high-frequency words, low-frequency words for which subjects (sixth…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Educational Research, Elementary Education

Elliott, Lois L.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines whether age-related differences would be observed between young children and adults for discrimination of synthesized, five-format consonant-vowel syllables that differed in voicing onset time of the initial consonants. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Stimuli
Ghatala, Elizabeth S.; And Others – 1975
This study incorporated a correlational methodology into an experimental context to determine the functional components of rehearsal strategies in children's discrimination learning. The subjects for this study were 120 fifth- and sixth-grade children attending two elementary schools located in middle-class areas of Ogden, Utah. According to the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Educational Research
Levin, Joel R.; Ghatala, Elizabeth S. – 1976
When 112 fifth- and sixth-graders were observed for their use of one of two possible rehearsal strategies in verbal discrimination learning tasks, the strategy in which the children generated a functional explanation of the word showed a positive influence on simple frequency discriminations. Data analyses also indicate that under this strategy…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Grade 5, Grade 6
Tyler, Joanna – 1979
This study examines the effects of readiness level and learning modality emphasis on the form discrimination performance of kindergarten children on training and transfer tasks. Forty-eight male and 48 female kindergarten children between the ages of 5.5 and 6.5 years participated in the study. The children were randomly selected from a group of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Discrimination Learning, Distinctive Features (Language), Kindergarten Children