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Peer reviewedHawson, Anne – Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingue, 1997
Three threshold hypotheses proposed by Cummins (1976) and Diaz (1985) as explanations of data on the cognitive consequences of bilingualism are examined in depth and compared to one another. A neuroscientifically updated information-processing perspective on the interaction of second-language comprehension and visual-processing ability is…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Language Processing
Download full textJohn-Steiner, Vera; And Others – 1975
Observational, exploratory and verbal learning, and verbal and imaginal processes of Pueblo Indian children were compared with those of non-Indian (Anglo and Chicano) children. Both Pueblo and non-Indian adults and children were observed, interviewed, and asked to carry out various tasks. The children attended either a Tanoan or a Keresan day…
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Behavior Development
