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Farley, Frank H.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Imagination, Individual Characteristics
Snow, Richard E.; Lohman, David F. – 1981
Literature on cognition and learning in young adults is surveyed. First, an outline of a theory of the cognition-learning system is presented, reviewing the characteristics of each of the major components of the system. Particular attention is paid to the differences between young adults and other age groups in information processing skills.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Development
Martorano, Suzanne – 1975
This paper discusses research exploring the performance factors involved in studies which test for formal operations. It is suggested that several previous studies dealing with formal operations confound performance and competence in determining the extent of subjects' formal operations schemata. Factors which might account for performance…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Carpenter, William L. – 1971
This study was designed to measure adult performance as related to age. Using methodology derived from information theory, information processing ability was measured with the individuals performing as a communication system. Fifty-five school teachers, ranging in age from 20 to 66, served as subjects. In four groups, the subjects judged the sizes…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Data Analysis, Group Dynamics
Rohwer, William D., Jr.; Levin, Joel R. – 1970
The major emphasis of this study is on the comparative validities of paired-associate learning tests and IQ tests in predicting reading achievement. The study engages in a brief review of earlier research in order to examine the validity of two assumptions--that the construction and/or the use of a tactic that simplifies a learning task is one of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes
Cook, Nancy – 1976
Focusing on the acquisition of semantic features and the relation between semantic and perceptual features, this study further tests the "semantic feature hypothesis," where a child acquires full adult word meaning component by component, and its complementary "correlation hypothesis," which claims that the source of these semantic features lies…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Age Differences, Child Language, Cognitive Development
Skehan, Peter – 1998
An examination of second language learning focuses on how universal cognitive processes in language learning and individual differences account for differences in language learning patterns. An introductory section gives background information suggesting that psycholinguistic factors in language learning should receive more attention for two…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style