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A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition (CVLT-II) in the Standardization Sample
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Donders, Jacobus – Assessment, 2008
The purpose of this study is to determine the latent structure of the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition (CVLT-II; Delis, Kramer, Kaplan, & Ober, 2000) at three different age levels, using the standardization sample. Maximum likelihood confirmatory factor analyses are performed to test four competing hypothetical models for fit and…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Verbal Learning, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
Conversations, Individuals and Knowables: Toward a Theory of Learning
Daniel, John S. – Engineering Education, 1975
Presents a learning theory in the language of cybernetics based on the tenet that the minimal experimental situation for making psychological observations is a conversation. The account is directed at generating interest in the original work by G. Pask, et al. (GS)
Descriptors: Cybernetics, Educational Psychology, Engineering Education, Instruction
Verbalization and Children's Self-Regulated Learning.
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Schunk, Dale H. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1986
Verbalization helps children to develop self-regulated learning of cognitive skills. It can improve children's attention to task-relevant features and can enhance coding, storage, and retention of materials. As a systematic approach for improving learning, it can raise self-efficacy. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories
A Use of Self-Instruction to Extend the Generalization of a Self-Instructed In-Common Discrimination.
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Grote, Irene; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1997
When taught to link sorting to self-instruction ("I'm looking for blue triangles") children show perfect accuracy in sorting. This study investigated if this performance would generalize to new stimuli. One participant showed near-perfect generalization to all new stimulus sets (shapes, letters, pictures); two had difficulty with…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Generalization
The Effects of Visual, Verbal, and Motor Elaborations on Preschool Children's Recall and Comprehension of Prose.
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Davis, Albert J.; Hathaway, Betty K. – Reading Psychology, 1986
Findings imply that while preschool children both enjoy and profit from listening to stories read to them in unelaborated fashion, they gain much more from observing and participating in the actions portrayed in the stories. (FL)
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Listening Comprehension, Perceptual Motor Learning
Multiple Intelligences: A Wealth of Human Potential.
Keying In, 1997
This issue focuses on the multiple types of intelligences that students and teachers possess, and provides tips for using this information in the business education classroom. The following articles are included: "How Do Students Learn Best and How Can Teachers Best Help Them?"; "Multiple Intelligences in Action in the Business Classroom";…
Descriptors: Business Education, Cognitive Style, Kinesthetic Perception, Learning Modalities
Comparing Tasks and Skills in Developing Discussions.
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Robinson, Peter; Strong, Gregory; Whittle, Jennifer – 2000
Developing the skills necessary to participate in academic discussions is an important goal in many programs of English for academic purposes. However, there has been little empirical investigation into how verbal and nonverbal aspects of discussion abilities might be developed. This paper reports the results of a semester-long effect of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)
The Meaning Makers: Children Learning Language and Using Language to Learn. First Edition.
Wells, Gordon – 1986
Based on a longitudinal study of language development, this book charts the language development of 32 British children from shortly after their first birthdays to the end of their elementary education, and explores a number of questions related to this development. Chapter 1 describes the children and their families, chapter 2 discusses the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment