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Singer, Murray; Ferreira, Fernanda – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1983
A study examining readers' ability to infer consequences backward and forward from events described in stories is described. Results show that backward consequence inferences are more reliably drawn during the course of reading than forward consequence inferences. (MSE)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, College Students, Deduction, Language Processing
Cole, Ronald A.; Perfetti, Charles A. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1980
The early and continued use of semantic, syntactic and contextual clues in recognizing mispronounced words was demonstrated in an experiment involving preschoolers, grade school students and college students. Errors in highly predictable words and contexts were most easily recognized by all regardless of reading ability. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Child Language, Children, Cognitive Ability
