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Carpenter, Patricia A. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service, National Institute of Mental Health. (DD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Difficulty Level
Lynch, Mervin D.; And Others – 1970
The building block theory of language structure, an information processing approach, is applied to the development of a model of the reading process. Specifically, the model is concerned with the amount of time an individual will spend reading and the amount of content he will decode which is determined by a series of cognitive processes involving…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Intellectual Development
Taplin, John E.; Staudenmayer, Herman – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Science Foundation. (DD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Content Analysis
Hutson, Barbara A. – 1973
Early childhood learning of language has led some to postulate innate knowledge of an abstract symbolic linguistic system. However, if the child's abstract understanding initially requires concrete support in the form of agreement of the message with his nonlinguistic experience, the indication would be that the development of syntactic…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Klee, Hilary; Eysenck, Michael W. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Content Analysis
Eisner, Elliot W. – National Forum: Phi Kappa Phi Journal, 1988
Without opportunities to acquire multiple forms of literacy, children will be handicapped in their ability to participate in the legacies of their culture. The forms in which thinking occurs should not be subjected to the status differences and inequities of society. (MLW)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
Henle, Paul, Ed. – 1965
This book presents a collection of essays intended for an integrated study of language by anthropologists, literary critics, philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, and linguists. There is first a discussion of theories concerning the interrelationship of language, thought, and culture. This is followed by a discussion of the development of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Art, Classical Conditioning, Cognitive Processes
Hurtig, Richard – 1974
In the first section a sketch of a tense logic is presented and a mechanism is suggested for including aspects of the tense logic into the Grammar (theory of language). Specifically, several grammatical structures are shown to incorporate temporal features. A semantic projection mechanism is utilized to amalgamate the temporal features in elements…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adverbs, Cognitive Processes, Conjunctions
Wax, Murray L.; Luhman, Reid A. – 1974
The study examined the relation of language use and logical thought to social experience with both age and class held constant. The primary assumptions under study were: that the logic of symbolic grouping was highly sensitive to a child's experience with the objects to which that logic was applied; that the existence of diglossia in a bilingual…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Cognitive Processes
Williams, Charlotte L.; Tillman, M. H. – 1968
The effects of age and intelligence levels upon word associations were studied in 96 intellectually retarded, normal, and superior children with IQ's of 65 to 80, 91 to 110, and 117 to 158 respectively. A word association and a word usage task (reliability coefficients of .91 and .98) called for homogeneous responses to six form classes--count…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adjectives, Adverbs, Age Differences