NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cozzani, Francesca; Zanobini, Mirella; Usai, Maria Carmen – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of linguistic training based on the use of the Drežancic method in educational settings. It is hypothesized that characteristics of this method, based on the typical stages of linguistic and cognitive development, could influence both language competence and executive function (EF). A…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Control Groups, Child Care Centers, Experimental Groups
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schaadt, Gesa; Pannekamp, Ann; van der Meer, Elke – Developmental Psychology, 2013
These days, illiteracy is still a major problem. There is empirical evidence that auditory phoneme discrimination is one of the factors contributing to written language acquisition. The current study investigated auditory phoneme discrimination in participants who did not acquire written language sufficiently. Auditory phoneme discrimination was…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Auditory Discrimination, Illiteracy, Adults
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Johnson, Erin Phinney; Pennington, Bruce F.; Lowenstein, Joanna H.; Nittrouer, Susan – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2011
Research Design;Intervention;Biology;Biotechnology;Teaching Methods;Hands on Science;Professional Development;Comparative Analysis;Genetics;Evaluation;Pretests Posttests;Control Groups;Science Education;Science Instruction;Pedagogical Content Knowledge;
Descriptors: Sentences, Cues, Written Language, Economically Disadvantaged
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ota, Mitsuhiko; Hartsuiker, Robert J.; Haywood, Sarah L. – Language and Speech, 2010
A visual semantic categorization task in English was performed by native English speakers (Experiment 1) and late bilinguals whose first language was Japanese (Experiment 2) or Spanish (Experiment 3). In the critical conditions, the target word was a homophone of a correct category exemplar (e.g., A BODY OF WATER-SEE; cf. SEA) or a word that…
Descriptors: Phonology, Semantics, Word Recognition, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Abu-Rabia, Salim; Sanitsky, Ekaterina – Bilingual Research Journal, 2010
The present study is an examination of the contribution of bilingualism to trilingualism, namely the influence of learning two different orthographies on learning a third. The participants were two groups of sixth graders from Israeli schools who were studying English as a foreign (second or third) language: Russian Israeli children for whom…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Transfer of Training
Gale, Irma F.; Boisvert, Louis – 1971
This study of the negative side of children's writing utilized an experimental group and a control group equalized according to sex and the results of the language sub-tests of the Stanford Achievement Tests. Students wrote two 1,000 word composition samples, one during the first month of the study and one during the ninth month. The purposes of…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Elementary School Students