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Rodd, Linda J.; Braine, Martin D. S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Revised version of an M.A. thesis submitted at the University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970, by Linda J. Rodd. (VM)
Descriptors: Children, Deep Structure, Experiments, Grammar
Aaronson, Doris; Ferres, Steven – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Results of a study indicated that adults reading for retention spent more time focusing on syntactic structure, while those reading for immediate comprehension focused more of their time on semantic content. However, the children (fifth graders) used reading strategies that involved mixtures of both of the adult components. (SL)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Comparative Analysis
Kamil, Michael L. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Research performed, in part, while the author was a research assistant at the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning; remainder conducted at the University of Texas under a National Science Foundation - USDP grant. (VM)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Experiments, Information Processing
