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Peer reviewedBain, Bruce; Yu, Agnes – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1991
Debates the merits of the claim that "symbolic technologies push cognitive growth earlier and longer." The results of an assessment are presented that involved three adult male peasants (two literate, one nonliterate) living in rural China and their ability to recall the text of "The Lonesome Opossum." (25 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries
