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Peer reviewedVogindroukas, I.; Papageorgiou, V.; Vostanis, P. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
Semantic or vocabulary errors were measured among 6 children with autism and mild learning disability (ages 7-8) and 6 with mild learning disability. Vocabulary errors were similar, except under extension, which was not used by children with autism. Children with autism tended to use all mechanisms in order to name something. (Contains…
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedFoorman, Barbara R.; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1981
Five- and seven-year-old English and Spanish speaking children were tested on short term memory, perceptual matching, and referential communication tasks to determine the relationship between linguistic coordination and language group. English speakers had significantly lower performance on the communication and perceptual tasks. (Author/APM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, English
Murphy, Mary Theresa – 1979
Anaphora, a linguistic structure that refers to previously mentioned or implied text, has been implicated as a possible cause of reading comprehension difficulty among children. Reading research has focused on the surface structures of anaphora (pronouns and noun demonstratives, for example) and has viewed comprehension of anaphora as a language…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedKelly, Melissa F.; Miller, Kevin F.; Fang, Ge; Feng, Gary – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1999
Explored the effects of differences between English-language and Chinese numerical systems for naming months and days on calendar calculations. Chinese and U.S. 8- and 10-year olds and undergraduates were asked to name a date coming before or after another given date. Found that Chinese speakers used calculations; English speakers recited names.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Download full textNovillis, Carol F. – 1979
Presented is a review of linguistic research on children's acquisition of more/less, same/different, big/little, long/short, and similar relational and dimensional terms. The review illustrates that children's meanings for words differ from adult meanings. The nature and findings of several research projects are discussed and it is concluded that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Steinberg, Brenda M.; Dunn, Lynne A. – 1975
This study examined the impact of culture, language, and familiarity with materials on the ability to solve traditional conservation problems. A total of 80 Tzeltal speaking children from two traditional Mexican Indian (Mayan) villages participated in the study: 5 boys and 5 girls drawn from each of four age group (6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13). The men…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
