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Hanson, Karen L.; Medina, Krista Lisdahl; Padula, Claudia B.; Tapert, Susan F.; Brown, Sandra A. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2011
Because of ongoing neuromaturation, youth with chronic alcohol/substance use disorders (AUD/SUD) are at risk for cognitive decrements during young adulthood. We prospectively examined cognition over 10 years based on AUD/SUD history. Youth (N = 51) with no AUD/SUD history (n = 14), persisting AUD/SUD (n = 18), or remitted AUD/SUD (n = 19) were…
Descriptors: Visual Learning, Verbal Learning, Drug Use, Drinking
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Klein, Jeanne – Youth Theatre Journal, 1987
Describes a study of fifth grade students' ability to process information from a play, and compares the results to related information from television research. (JC)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Carr, Cathy L. Edwards – 1997
This action research project devised a program designed to increase the use of visual elements in middle school core subjects and assessed its impact on student recall, teacher awareness, and use of visual/spatial elements. Observation, surveys, and interviews documented teachers' and students' limited knowledge and use of visual/spatial elements…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
Corcos, Evelyne; Willows, Dale M. – 1989
A study investigated the development of information processing as it relates to the development of reading skills by studying how good readers and poor readers utilized orthographic information. Subjects, 90 good and poor readers from grades 2, 4, and 6, participated in four 30-minute sessions in which they were required to make a same/different…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education