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Patterns Bit by Bit. An Entropy Model for Rule Induction
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Radulescu, Silvia; Wijnen, Frank; Avrutin, Sergey – Language Learning and Development, 2020
From limited evidence, children track the regularities of their language impressively fast and they infer generalized rules that apply to novel instances. This study investigated what drives the inductive leap from memorizing specific items and statistical regularities to extracting abstract rules. We propose an innovative entropy model that…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Language Acquisition, Grammar, Learning Processes
Electrical Stimulation of Broca's Area Enhances Implicit Learning of an Artificial Grammar
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de Vries, Meinou H.; Barth, Andre C. R.; Maiworm, Sandra; Knecht, Stefan; Zwitserlood, Pienie; Floel, Agnes – Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2010
Artificial grammar learning constitutes a well-established model for the acquisition of grammatical knowledge in a natural setting. Previous neuroimaging studies demonstrated that Broca's area (left BA 44/45) is similarly activated by natural syntactic processing and artificial grammar learning. The current study was conducted to investigate the…
Descriptors: Cues, Stimulation, Grammar, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Memory and Memorization in Comprehension and Production of IP Theory
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Rivers, Wilga M.; Melvin, Bernice S. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1977
Discusses the superiority of information processing (IP) theory to stimulus-response theory, specifically in terms of language comprehension, language production, and the role of memory. (KM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Language Processing, Learning Processes
Maintenance Rehearsal and Single-Level Processing
Rundus, Dewey – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1977
A description of a series of six experiments dealing with human memory processes. They examined the types of codes generated in maintenance rehearsal and the effects of rehearsal time at various single levels of encoding. Data confirmed earlier findings and led to conclusions regarding repetition, encoding and levels of processing. (AMH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cues, Language Processing, Language Research
Teaching Transfer Strategies to Children with Moderate Learning Difficulties. Research Supplement.
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Sugden, David; Newall, Margaret – British Journal of Special Education, 1987
Semantic elaboration, a language-based mnemonic strategy, was taught to 15 students (aged five to nine years) with moderate learning difficulties over a six-month period, using pictures as stimuli. Among reported results was an improvement in overall performance on memorization of pairs of pictures. Generalization to items not used during teaching…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Generalization, Language Processing, Language Skills
Do We Process Frequency Information Automatically?
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Foley, Mary Ann; Foley, Hugh J. – 1985
Two criteria for the automatic encoding of learning, instructional manipulation, and stimulus characteristics were studied in subjects who judged the frequency of occurrence of words, letters, and nonwords. In Experiment 1, six word lists were constructed with varying frequency of alphabet letters. A variety of instructions were presented (whether…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Encoding (Psychology), Incidental Learning
Foreign Language Methods and an Information Processing Model of Memory.
Willebrand, Julia – 1978
The major approaches to language teaching (audiolingual method, generative grammar, Community Language Learning and Silent Way) are investigated to discover whether or not they are compatible in structure with an information-processing model of memory (IPM). The model of memory used was described by Roberta Klatzky in "Human Memory:…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Cognitive Processes, Generative Grammar