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Corsale, Kathleen – 1974
The purpose of this study was to determine whether children as young as second-graders could encode categorically within an abstract evaluative dimension. The study uses mode of stimulus presentation (auditory or visual) as an independent variable. The subjects were 40 white middle class children from grades 2, 4, and 6, who were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
Maher, Phillip Ray – 1975
The purposes of this study were to analyze the effects of instructional objectives as advance organizers prior to a reading assignment, determine if an advance organizer was more effectively presented with two learning modalities than with one; predict whether vocabulary or readability variables influenced comprehension; and determine whether…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Behavioral Objectives, Critical Reading, Doctoral Dissertations
Blasi, Joyce F. – 1976
Discussed are characteristics of criterion referenced reading tests for use with learning disabled (LD) children, and analyzed are the Basic Educational Skills Inventory (BESI), the Prescriptive Reading Inventory (PRI), and the Cooper-McGuire Diagnostic Work-Analysis Test (CooperMcGuire). Criterion referenced tests are defined; and problems in…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education
Martens, Kay – 1975
The introductory portion of this document reviews the definitions of cognitive style and presents the models of cognitive style developed by James McKenney, Samuel Messick, and Joseph Hill. It also discusses the application of these models to education. The annotated bibliography is designed as a review of selected materials that provide an…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Parker, Harley W. – 1966
Under the impact of electronic immediacy the world is being reorganized in sensory terms toward the primacy of the audile-tactile. In the educational system, emphasis remains on traditional methods of logical (visual) and sequential learning. The effect on literature is an increased interest in the spoken, as opposed to the written word. Through…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art, Auditory Perception, Conference Reports
Rosner, Jerome – 1973
This curriculum is designed primarily for use in individualized classrooms where the teacher is working with an assistant, but it has also been proven effective in traditional classrooms and in remedial situations. Program 1 focuses on the basic abilities children use to analyze and organize graphic and other spatial patterns--skills directly…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Guides
Rosner, Jerome – 1973
This curriculum is designed primarily for use in individualized classrooms where the teacher is working with an assistant, but it has also been proven effective in traditional classrooms and in remedial situations. Program 3 focuses on a variety of gross-and fine-motor functions--basic abilities that affect the way the child physically interacts…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Guides
Bursuk, Laura – 1971
The comparative effectiveness of correlated listening-reading and reading-only comprehension lessons was studied using high school retarded readers with varying sensory modality learning preferences. Over a one-semester period, comparable lessons were taught to two groups matched for IQ, age, reading grade level, and freedom from sensory defects.…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Learning Modalities, Learning Processes, Multisensory Learning
Ackerman, Paul Roland – 1971
The effectiveness of a diagnostic teaching program in teaching reading to emotionally disturbed and socially maladjusted boys in two schools in New York City was investigated. The diagnostic teaching program specified behavioral objectives which fit the individual student, prescribed instructional styles for the teacher, and outlined techniques of…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children, Learning Modalities
Ringler, Lenore H.; And Others – 1971
A vocabulary list of 50 words based on children's spoken language was divided into six groups. For each group specific materials incorporating different modality presentations (pictures, tapes, transparencies, and word cards providing tactile emphasis) were developed. The modality preferences of 128 first graders were identified by The New York…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade 1, Kinesthetic Perception
Dunn, Thomas G.; Hansen, Duncan – 1972
Visuals, like pictures, charts, diagrams, graphics, and the like, are widely used in education. However, there is little justification in the research literature for their use. The overall purpose of this exploratory study was to find out more about the processing of visuals or graphics in an educational task. Specifically, it was thought that…
Descriptors: Charts, Computer Assisted Instruction, Critical Path Method, Diagrams
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Williams, Fern; Oakland, Thomas – Journal of Special Education, 1978
The study evaluated the effectiveness of three instructional methods in promoting speech sound discrimination and reading achievement over a 3-year period. (Author)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Black Youth, Cultural Differences
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Chimezie, Amuzie – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1988
Discusses classroom behavior characteristics associated with black students. Suggests that some characteristics are not conducive to the learning process and should not be accommodated. (FMW)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Black Education, Black Stereotypes
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Gorham, Joan – Communication Education, 1986
Exploring material from the ERIC database and other sources, the report (1) annotates introductory articles regarding the assessment, categorization, and implications of learning styles, showing how they relate to communication literature research; (2) describes H. Witkin's extensive cognitive style research; and (3) details L. Curry's review of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Style, Communication Research, Field Dependence Independence
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Field, Diane E.; Anderson, Daniel R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
Five- and nine-year olds' (N=80) television viewing and program recall in response to learning instructions were examined. Instructions affected visual-emphasis program segments only; visual orientation and cued recall increased in younger children; and free recall and cued recall were enhanced in older children. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Age Differences, Attention, Cognitive Processes
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