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Koppenol-Gonzalez, Gabriela V.; Bouwmeester, Samantha; Vermunt, Jeroen K. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
Working memory (WM) processing in children has been studied with different approaches, focusing on either the organizational structure of WM processing during development (factor analytic) or the influence of different task conditions on WM processing (experimental). The current study combined both approaches, aiming to distinguish verbal and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Short Term Memory, Recall (Psychology), Developmental Stages
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Herrera, C.; Chambon, C.; Michel, B. F.; Paban, V.; Alescio-Lautier, B. – Neuropsychologia, 2012
Considering the high risk for individuals with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (A-MCI) to progress towards Alzheimer's disease (AD), we investigated the efficacy of a non-pharmacological intervention, that is, cognitive training that could reduce cognitive difficulties and delay the cognitive decline. For this, we evaluated the efficacy of a…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Investigations, Intervention, Alzheimers Disease
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Sarfo, Frederick Kwaku; Elen, Jan – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2011
Introduction: This study addresses two major issues with respect to cooperative learning. The study aims at experimentally investigating the function of positive resource interdependence and individual accountability on academic performance of individuals in cooperative learning. Method: To achieve the purpose a two by two randomized post-test…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Program Effectiveness
DenBesten, Nicholas P. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research involves an examination of the relationship between education and age on a wide array of neuropsychological test measures among patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's and vascular dementia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of education as an attenuating factor to neurocognitive decline in dementia. Although numerous…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Role of Education, Patients, Program Effectiveness
Hatch, James Cordell – 1968
Theoretically, a number of demographic, personality, attitudinal, cognitive, and performance variables were selected for examining television performance effectiveness. The experiment, conducted within the workshop context, was replicated in 1965 with a total of 62 participants. Each year subjects were placed into three random groups, stratified…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Demography, Doctoral Dissertations