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Hasher, Lynn; Chromiak, Walter – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1977
Aspects of the processing of frequency information were investigated in two studies. The first showed that second graders were as prepared to process frequency differences as adults. The second showed that practice at frequency counting does not improve the performance of young adults and neither does feedback regarding earlier performance.…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Language Processing
Mandel, Rhonda G.; Johnson, Nancy S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Examines the role of organization in adults' processing of stories. Canonical stories were better recalled than noncanonical stories by all three age groups (young, middle-aged, and old adults), and a variety of measures indicated that older adults' recall was both quantitatively and qualitatively similar to that of young adults. (SL)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Huttenlocher, Janellen; Newcombe, Nora – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
Reports on 5 experiments investigating the effect of blocking words according to semantic category on ordered recall in adults and young children. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing
Till, Robert E.; Walsh, David A. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1980
Reports three experiments to test age-related difFerences in sentence memory arising from sources other than noncognitive factors. Age-related differences are discussed in terms of deficiencies at encoding and retrieval. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Age, Age Differences
