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Lantaff, Roger E. – 1978
Three passages of fifth-grade readability were read and recalled by 24 high- and low-ability fifth graders and college students. These passages were characterized as either narrative (high degree of temporal linkage), expository (logical linkage and abstract content), or mixed (logical linkage but with content suggestive of a narrative). The…
Descriptors: Ability, Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education
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
Peer reviewedGaite, A. J. H.; Newsom, R. S. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
