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Thames, Kenneth H.; Rossiter, Charles M. – AV Communication Review, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Research, Listening Comprehension, Reading Rate, Silent Reading
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Sticht, Thomas G. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Listening Comprehension
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Cotter, Vance W.; Spradlin, Joseph E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1971
Evaluates the preference among retarded children and adolescents for music as compared to silence, for music as compared to white noise (nonmusical auditory stimulus) and for two particular types of music. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Handicapped Children, Listening, Mental Retardation
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Esselstrom, Michael J. – Music Educators Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concerts, Elementary School Students, Listening Skills
McKay, Gerald R. – Extension Service Review, 1970
Minnesota used telelecture for 59 meetings, reaching 296 groups in 35 counties. Each call was a conference call and each receiving station had a Dukane unit enabling an audience of up to 200 to hear well. (EB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Listening Groups, Participant Satisfaction, Rural Extension
Hollingsworth, Paul M. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Instructional Improvement, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension
Childers, Perry R. – J Exp Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Elementary School Students, Intelligence, Learning Processes
Wilkinson, Andrew; Stratta, Leslie – Educ Rev, 1970
The listening abilities of teenagers in Great Britain are discussed. (CK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Intelligence Quotient, Listening Comprehension, Oral English
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Goldman, Susan R.; Varnhagen, Connie K. – Child Development, 1983
Examined comprehension of stories with and without obstacles to goal attainment among 16 second- and fifth-grade students and 16 adults. Results suggest that processing characteristics of a task, as well as prior knowledge of problem-solving behavior, affect story understanding. (Auhtor/RH)
Descriptors: College Students, Elementary School Students, Listening Comprehension, Memory
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Lynch, Anthony J. – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1982
Discusses origins of desire for authenticity in language teaching, analyzes the term, and describes some materials designed to fit in with a more rigorous view of what constitutes authenticity. Purpose is to create learning activities that demand an authentic response from foreign language students. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Listening Comprehension, Magnetic Tape Cassettes, Second Language Instruction
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Hamilton, William S. – Russian Language Journal, 1982
Investigates two questions: (1) Will Russian lose its well-developed distinction between hard and soft consonants? (2) What would be the consequences of such a loss for comprehension of sustained discourse in the language? (EKN)
Descriptors: Consonants, Diachronic Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Listening Comprehension
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Tolhuizen, James H. – Business Education Forum, 1981
Discusses the importance of teaching effective speaking, listening, and interpersonal skills. (JOW)
Descriptors: Business Education, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Relationship, Listening Skills
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Smith, Nathan M.; Fitt, Stephen D. – RQ, 1982
Describes the nature of listening behavior and demonstrates how the technique of active listening can be an appropriate approach to enhancing communication between librarians and library patrons during the reference interview. Examples of active listening at the reference desk and suggestions on the effective use of this skill are provided.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Information Needs, Librarians, Libraries
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Cunningham, Pat – Reading Teacher, 1982
Reviews materials for use in preparing listening-reading transfer lessons. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension
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Hausfeld, Steven – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
Comprehension was compared for speeded reading and listening to compressed speech. No difference between reading and listening comprehension was found at any of the speeds or difficulty levels, contrary to previous suggestions of a listening disadvantage. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension
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