Investigated auditory word discrimination skills in children diagnosed as having minimal brain dysfunction (MBD) because a lack of auditory discrimination skill seems relevant to learning deficiency in language acquisition, a typical sign of MBD. (Editor/RK)

Seven experiments are described investigating the effecy of high intensity white noise during the visual presentation of words on a number of short-term memory tasks. Examines results relative to position learning and sequence learning. (Editor/RK)

Describes two experiments that examined whether the amplitude of the human eyeblink by a mild tap between the eyebrows can be increased if a brief tone is presented simultaneously with the tap and how these effects change from newborn infants to adults. (HOD)

This study examined the effects of a reading accommodation on the performance of students on a reading comprehension test. In total, 17 general education students and 15 special education students in grades 3-5 participated. Each student took two equivalent forms of the California Achievement Tests (CAT/5), Comprehension Survey. One form was…

Explains the use of a metronome to pace phrase reading, rate development, and eye-hand coordination exercises, and to time a sight vocabulary game. Bibliography. (MD)

In genrral, bilingual children do better in serial learning than on recall. (CK)

Examines the effect that systematic loading of story presentations with criterion information has on recall of abstract and concrete prose. Results indicate oral plus picture presentations were most effective. Also, loading additional detail into visual presentations resulted in greater recall and provided greater supplementary effect to oral…

In experiment one, subjects learned a word list in blocked or random forms of auditory/visual change. In experiment two, high- and low-conceptual rigid subjects read passages in shift conditions or nonshift, exclusively in auditory or visual modes. A shift in modality provided a powerful release from proactive interference. (Author/CM)

Discusses the possibility that early linguistic experience affects infant speech perception and that this effect may be of practical consequence in later language learning. (EKN)

Examines within an experimental paradigm phonological selection and avoidance patterns of infants and discusses the role of these patterns in early lexical acquisition. (EKN)

Describes how the University of Delaware's Grade Units for Interactive Dictation (GUIDO) system is used to improve instructional delivery and educational research in aural skills development. Instruction consists of musical dictation exercises and there are five programs available in two modes--drill-and-practice and heuristic (discovery).…