The effects of writing style upon mature older readers' reading comprehension are considered. Miscue analysis was used to evaluate the efficiency with which readers used reading strategies across five systems that cue meaningful comprehension. Findings indicate mature older readers are consistent in cue system utilization. (Author)

Examples of pattern cues that are available to profoundly hearing-impaired children are presented through an optical analog, and the usefulness of these cues is shown with regard to vowel and consonant identification, word stress-pattern perception, and distinction among sentences that differ in number of syllables, pattern, intensity, or rate.…

The effectiveness of color cuing strategies is analyzed in terms of learner aptitudes, the type of learning required, the category of color cuing employed, and the relationship between color cues and other feature cues. (Author/JEG)

Two studies are reported which utilize a variety of achievement situations. It was hypothesized that subjects would spontaneously make attributions to ability, effort, luck and/or task difficulty in all these situations and that they would seek information of the types used in previous studies. (Author/RK)

Three experiments investigated the hypothesis that, when interpreted in context, general terms are typically encoded on the basis of an instantiation. Results indicated that a particular term naming the expected instantiation of a general term was a better cue for recall of a sentence than the general term itself. (CHK)

Describes the utilization of graphic cues, by low-achieving college freshmen, in its relation to syntactic and semantic factors. (JM)

Examines the familiar serial to derived paired-associates transfer task in the light of expectations about the amount of positive transfer it should produce. Suggests, contrary to long-standing assumptions, that this paradigm cannot be expected to yield more than relatively moderate degrees of transfer because the utilization of response-produced…

Reviews traditional approaches to teaching motor skills and introduces the concept of stimulus cuing, a model of attentional focus, and the importance of attentional shifting, also discussing factors that interfere with a performer's ability to focus attention and making suggestions regarding how to use attentional focusing as an effective…

Investigated the role of "nonlogical" perceptual cues to differential absolute size in the transitive inferences of 6- and 7-year-olds. Found that both age groups showed identical overall premise memory, but the younger group tended to reason more on the basis of perceptual information rather than on successfully encoded premise…

Provides a historical overview of the use of typographical cues, to expose the rationale behind the use of textual enhancement in second language (L2) classrooms and to offer avenues for further research on textual enhancement based on a review of the literature in the field. (Author/VWL)

Two studies of children and adults investigated responses to a weight illusion task based on perceptual adaptation or contrast effects. Results showed improved performance only after the task was altered to highlight the relevance of the condition that produced the illusion. (RH)

A semantic or a phonetic cue was given when necessary in an object-naming task involving 30 first grade children. Although the children who were poor readers named fewer objects than good readers, both groups of children benefited from phonetic cues. In contrast, semantic cues had relatively little effect. (Author/JDD)

Describes study of undergraduates that investigated social influence in the group process by examining how the exclusion of contextual cues provided by face to face interaction influences individual judgments in computer mediated conferencing (CMC). Asch's social influence experiment is reviewed, and further research needs are suggested. (23…

Investigates a strategy for giving an opinion by first soliciting another party's opinion and then producing one's own report in a way that takes the other's into account. Concludes that the strategy of using a perspective-display sequence is pertinent to situations where cautiousness in giving reports and opinions seems warranted. (MS)

Motor skills acquisition in elementary children is facilitated when the cognitive processes of selective attention and rehearsal are applied. Teaching techniques which promote development of these processes include use of verbal cues, mental and verbal rehearsal, questioning, and recall through testing. Sample verbal cues for selected motor skills…