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Download full textSchank, Roger C.; And Others – 1975
SAM (Script Applier Mechanism), a computer program designed to understand stories that rely heavily on scripts (typical sequences of events in particular contexts), is described in this report. Chapter one, which discusses SAM's background, shows how causal chaining was developed to connect events in stories, presents a typical script, and…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cognitive Processes, Computer Programs, Conceptual Schemes
Hayes, Donald S.; And Others – 1978
This study examined the effect(s) of rhyme on the recognition and recall of story events by 32 nursery school children at the University of Maine Child Study Center. Although subjects reported liking stories better when they were presented as nursery rhymes rather than prose passages, recognition of story events was significantly higher for prose…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Patterns, Memory, Nursery Rhymes
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This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 17 titles deal with the following topics: the effects of preinstructional activities on the learning and retention of prose; the interaction of picture and print in reading instruction; the perception of structure in scrambled…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Cloze Procedure
