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Peer reviewedLawson, Anton E.; Shepherd, Gene D. – Language and Speech, 1979
Finds that various aspects of formal reasoning correlated significantly with mean t-unit lengths written by high school freshman boys, but not by freshman girls. Suggests that the reasoning tasks may have been biased against females. (RL)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Developmental Stages, High School Students
PDF pending restorationSinger, Bernard – 1973
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a sequenced, highly-structured direct instruction program in language and reading skills on the intellectual growth, academic achievement, and school adjustment of 303 middle class kindergarten children. Children were assigned to one of four treatment groups: a "direct verbal"…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Curriculum Evaluation, Grade 1, Intellectual Development
Sponseller, Doris Bergen – 1977
The structure of the testing condition is an important variable in measuring young children's language comprehension. This study examined effects of two testing conditions on the language comprehension scores of 24 toddlers, mean age 20.3 months. The methodology was based on the rationale that a test which allows parents to select stimuli which…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Environmental Influences
