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PDF pending restorationDoak, J. Linward; Walker, Jo Ann – 1976
This study focused on elementary children's shift from syntagmatic to paradigmatic word association and their consistency in responding again with the same word. Subjects, 128 children ranging from first through sixth grade in the Model Laboratory School (Richmond, Kentucky), were presented with 20 structural words and 20 lexical words. The…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Child Language, Elementary Education
Forer, Ruth; And Others – 1975
This paper reviews studies on cognitive processes that may mediate the development of early learning problems. Topics covered include auditory and visual discrimination deficits, integration of information from different modalities, the significance of attentional factors, contributions of memory factors, and the importance of cognitive style…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Education
Download full textHall, Richard W.; Moon, Charles E. – 1985
A study examined variables that affect the acquisition of automaticity of verbal skills. Among the variables examined were practice, novelty or familiarity of a word or word category, the speed and efficiency with which persons acquire automaticity, reaction time, and number of tasks performed concurrently. Subjects, 30 sixth and seventh grade…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education
Ehri, Linnea C. – 1985
Focusing on research about children's acquisition of reading and spelling skills, this paper discusses the larger picture of reading acquisition, issues addressed by research, and results of this research. The paper cites numerous studies on the subject, including studies on whether environmental print experiences enable young children to process…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Early Reading, Elementary Education
Pike, Ruth – 1976
Sixty-five grade 5-6 children were tested on a verbal recall task involving material of varying semantic and syntactic content. There was no difference between best and poorest readers in their performance on random lists of words, but there were clear differences on meaningful sentences and on syntactically well-formed but semantically anomalous…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Elementary Education, English
PDF pending restorationSherwin, Trisha; Kee, Daniel W. – 1978
The present experiment investigated: (1) the effect of pictorial elaboration on low socioeconomic-status Mexican-American children's long term memory for noun pairs; (2) the effects of labeling mode on estimates of paired-associate acquisition and retention; and (3) the interrelationships between paired-associate task performance and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
