Topic models like latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) provide a framework for analyzing large datasets where observations are collected into groups. Although topic modeling has been fruitfully applied to problems social science, biology, and computer vision, it has been most widely used to model datasets where documents are modeled as exchangeable…

This paper extended the investigation of the concept of negation into actual classroom environments by ascertaining the frequency with which pupils at three different elementary school academic levels are expected to process teacher-initiated oral statements (the pupils' aural school environment) which contain selected negation elements.…

Analyzes and classifies types of oral reading miscues and suggests that children learn to utilize sound-letter correspondences but know immediately to transfer their knowledge of spoken language patterns to reading. Tables and bibliography. (RW)