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Williams, James D. – 1983
A study investigated the relationship between cognitive style and coherence in discourse. The primary hypothesis was that coherence would vary bimodally by cognitive style classification. Forty-four freshman composition students from three west coast colleges completed the Culture Fair Intelligence Test, the Group Embedded Figures Test, and the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Coherence
Download full textScollon, Ron; Scollon, Suzanne B. K. – 1979
English essayist literacy shares many features with the discourse patterns of English speakers. Where these patterns are different from those of another ethnic group, literacy will be experienced as interethnic communication. Athabaskan discourse differs from that of English in (1) presentation of self (an Athabaskan is silent with new…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Athapascan Languages, Cognitive Style, Contrastive Linguistics
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with the following topics: a transformational analysis of syntax in tenth-grade writing; the relationship between inner-city fifth graders' reading comprehension and writing achievement; the relationship of the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Style
