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Carver, Ronald P. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1973
Results suggest that: understanding can be defined in terms of information stored; and traditional learning concepts and measures are inappropriate for investigating the important effects involved in reading and auding'' prose. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Connected Discourse, Data Analysis, Information Processing
McLaughlin, Barry – 1994
An information-processing approach to language learning is examined; language aptitude is factored into the approach, and the role of working memory is discussed. The process of learning includes two processes that make heavy use of working memory is: automatization and restructuring. At first, learners must make a conscious effort to remember and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Structures, Information Processing, Language Aptitude