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Reading Strategies for Children and Adults: Some Empirical Evidence.
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
Memory Span for Nouns, Verbs and Function Words in Low SES Children: A Replication and Critique of Schutz and Keislar
Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
Children at three age levels were administered Schutz and Keislar's word-span task using nouns, verbs and functors as stimuli. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Function Words, Language Acquisition
Memory for Repeated Words and Parallel Structure in Compound Sentences
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
The Developmental Role of Vocalizing in Short-Term Memory
Conrad, R. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Attention, Children, Experiments, Learning Theories
Semantic Effects on Ordered Recall
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
Memory Strategy Monitoring in Adults and Children.
Pressley, Michael; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Results of five experiments in which adults and children were exposed to two study strategies for vocabulary learning: (1) repetition of words with meanings and (2) associative elaboration (the keyword method). Subjects were asked to choose one of the two study methods for learning a 24-item list of new vocabulary words. (SL)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Tests
Young Children's Immediate Memory of Word Classes in Relation to Social Class
Schutz, Samuel R.; Keislar, Evan R. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged, Form Classes (Languages), Function Words