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Shaughnessy, John J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
Study examined the effects of the variables of list length and pronunciation instructions on performance in the verbal discrimination and two category classification tasks and found that the effects of these variables on the two tasks were quite comparable. (Author)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Discriminant Analysis, Experimental Psychology, Learning Modalities
Newby, Robert W.; Young, Robert K. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1972
Results indicate that the RCR (rehearsal-of-the-correct-alternative response) plays an important role such that when the RCR is inhibited, performance is reduced. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Data Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Learning Modalities
Jacoby, Larry L.; Goolkasian, Paula – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Paper based on experiment 1 which was presented at the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, Mo., 1972. (RS)
Descriptors: Acoustics, Experiments, Learning Modalities, Learning Theories
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Cardinale, Gary W. – Social Studies Review, 1990
Argues that, to maximize a child's educational experience in history/social science, it is imperative that teachers utilize a whole-brain teaching approach by using a variety of experiences that stimulate both sides of the brain. Discusses the three general modes in which students appear to learn: oral, visual, and kinesthetic. Suggests specific…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, History Instruction
Reese, Stephen D. – 1983
A study tested the effects of between-channel redundancy on television news learning. Redundancy, defined as shared information, was proposed as an explanatory variable that considers the relationship between information in three channels: the audio, the nonverbal pictorial, and visual-verbal print channel. It was hypothesized that pictures would…
Descriptors: Attention, Aural Learning, Higher Education, Learning Modalities