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Higgins, E. Tory – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
Reports on research examining the effect of linguistic presupposition on the solving of three-term series problems. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Deduction, Language Processing
Ives, William – 1979
Preschoolers' ability to utilize language in spatial problem solving was tested with 64 predominately middle-class children. The number of correct responses was analyzed using an age/sex/medium analysis of variance. It was found that the verbal response mode leads to substantially more correct responses than do pictures and that girls performed…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Language Research, Linguistic Competence
Jacoby, Larry L. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978
Reports on research showing that when an event, or a problem, is repeated, the processing of that event is not necessarily repeated. Instead, sometimes the solution is remembered, and this is shown to influence subsequent retention, as well as such tasks as word perception. (AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Experimental Psychology, Language Processing, Language Research
