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Potts, George R. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1977
This study examines the processes whereby new information is integrated with generalized world knowledge. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Deduction, Knowledge Level
Corteen, Raymond S. – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Experiments, Information Processing, Knowledge Level
Miyake, Naomi; Norman, Donald A. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
The notion that a prerequisite for asking questions about new topic matter is some appropriate level of knowledge was tested. Learners with two levels of background knowledge using learning material with two levels of difficulty were studied. (SW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Instructional Materials, Knowledge Level
Pace, Ann Jaffe – 1978
The relationship between children's knowledge of particular situations and their comprehension of stories about them was investigated. Children in kindergarten and grades two, four, and six heard stories about differentially familiar situations and then answered questions. "Scripts," characterizing knowledge about stereotypical events, were…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Context Clues
Galda, Lee, Ed.; Pellegrini, Anthony D., Ed. – 1985
The question of the relationship between children's play and more formal, literate uses of language is explored in the 9 studies described in this volume. Chapter titles and authors are as follows: (1) "The Influence of Discourse Content and Context on Preschoolers' Use of Language" (Lucia A. French, Joan Lucariello, Susan Seidman, and Katherine…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis
