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Download full textSmothergill, D. W.; Cook, Harold – 1969
The author initially cites the associationistic position of Spiker and the perceptual learning position of E. Gibson and concludes that the existing data does not clearly support either hypothesis. He describes a new approach designed to test these explanations of the role of verbal pretraining on subsequent discrimination learning. It consists of…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Child Language, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning
Peer reviewedAndersson, Theodore – International Review of Education, 1960
In line with the psychologists' viewpoint on child development, an argument is made for reconsidering the timing and type of modern language instruction in the school. Evidence of the receptiveness of children to language learning from birth to age eleven is discussed, along with the efficacy of learning through a direct, or school, experience.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Audiolingual Methods, Bilingualism, Child Development
Keislar, Evan R.; Stern, Carolyn – 1969
The main focus of this project was the improvement of the understanding of spoken language by lower class kindergarten children. Thus, the project was concerned with (1) identifying areas in which young children are deficient in listening skills, (2) preparing and evaluating instructional programs for the improvement of these skills, and (3)…
Descriptors: Child Language, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
