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Peer reviewedHooven, Jean Alderfer – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1979
A study investigated the effects of intensive practice of outlines for 500 frequently occurring words on achievement in first-year Gregg shorthand classes. Achievement in recording high frequency outlines and in transcribing was elevated for both lower level and higher level grade-point-average scorers in the experimental group. (LRA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, High Schools, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedDerevensky, Jeffrey – Journal of Experimental Education, 1976
Sixty kindergarten, sixty second grade, and sixty fourth grade students performed several memory tasks under one of six conditions. The conditions differed as to the method of presentation of information. The study focused on developmental changes in children's use of verbal, nonverbal, and spatial-positional cues for memory. (Editor)
Descriptors: Cues, Educational Research, Elementary School Students, Learning Processes
Download full textHolliday, William G.; Partridge, Louise A. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a practical procedure for determining the optimum sequencing of pictorial classification tasks in science using mean difficulty indices generated by a standard sample of grade two students. Acquisition of such skills can affect the learner's performance on subsequent material and the teacher's efforts in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instruction
Peer reviewedStevenson, Janet N.; Duncum, Paul – Visual Arts Research, 1998
Studies the employment of collage by young children as a symbolic activity in organized educational settings. Establishes a taxonomy of collage types and observes their development in two kindergarten classes. Concludes that collage promotes the acquisition of a flexible sequence of skills and reflects a range of abilities and approaches. (DSK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Child Development, Childrens Art, Cognitive Style
Means, Barbara M.; Rohwer, William D., Jr. – 1976
To assess the importance of visual attributes relative to acoustic and semantic attributes in children's encoding, a 64-item recognition test was administered to first- and sixth-grade children. Recognition items were linedrawings of simple objects accompanied by aural labels. By manipulating the picture, label, and referent in various…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Aural Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedRogers, P. J.; Aston, F. M. – Educational Studies, 1990
Presents four educational experiments reflecting Jerome Bruner's theories on iconic and enactive representation to emphasize the need for more research on how children learn. Advocates greater institutional cooperation among schools, teachers, and researchers to improve research implementation and reduce problems of school disruption and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Role, Concept Teaching, Educational Experiments
