Children's memory for a standardized, hierarchically organized event was tested in two experiments. Results indicated that the rudiments of a hierarchical structure had emerged after a single experience. Results are discussed in terms of implications for the development and organization of event memories. (PCB)

Gestural cueing may be used successfully with children who do not require exposure to a sign or total communication approach. Emphasizing cueing in both the training and generalization phases of language learning, this article discusses specific learning activities, the effect of motor components on language, and procedures for using gestural…

Assesses five- and 10-year-old children's understanding of second-order belief structures in acted stories in which two characters were independently informed about an object's unexpected transfer to a new location. Results show unexpected early competence around age six or seven under optimal conditions when inference of second-order beliefs is…

Eight subjects were tested for perceptual trading relations between a temporal and a spectral cue for the "say-stay" distinction. Results indicated that young children perceptually integrate multiple cues to a speech contrast in a phonetically relevant manner but that they may not give the same perceptual weights to the various cues as…

A five-minute social skills training package, consisting of instructions, modeling, and rehearsal, which preceded the conversation, combined with verbal prompts during the conversation was found to be more effective than the use of the package without verbal prompts in training three employed adults to ask appropriate questions. (Author/CL)

The Memory Tracer, which provides prompts by playing prerecorded appropriate messages, was effective in maintaining a low rate of negative verbalizations by six adolescents with autism, schizophrenia, and severe behavior problems. (CL) 4B

The capacity of examinees to develop cue-using strategies was examined, and the results suggest that students profit from knowledge of a particular test constructor's idiosyncrasies. The findings also lend weight to the argument that performance on test wiseness items is cue-specific. (Author/BW)

Confirms that single-hue color cues facilitate initial learning without being disruptive at transfer. (RB)

Four hundred children ages 5, 9, and 12 were given a component selection task with stimuli differing in color and shape. Results indicate a greater tendency for older than younger children to withdraw attention from a normally dominant component when advantageous to adopt another feature as the primary functional cue. (Author/SB)

The present study provided an opportunity to assess various theoretical viewpoints on recall through the study of multiple-associate learning using 4-word lists or tetrads. (Author/RK)

A new method is introduced for assessing children's component selection--i.e., the disposition to attend to a single feature of multifaceted stimuli. (Authors)

This study presents a systematic investigation of three factors which seem necessary to initial success in obtaining recall facilitation when list member cues are presented during free recall. (Author/KM)

The nonverbal elements of communication, as they pertain to education, act as cues to students. (NQ)

We can improve reading instruction by using the strengths any child brings to the reading task. (Author)