Describes a study of "analogy" and "interference" errors in the syntax of second language learners. (Author/RM)

This study examined the hypothesis that perceptual errors on a task requiring subjects to take different viewpoints could be explained in terms of response bias. Results were consistent with response bias hypothesis: making an egocentric error is different from behaving in an egocentric manner. (Author/SB)

Mathematics departments rarely require students to study very much logic before working with proofs. Normally, the most they will offer is contained in a small portion of a "bridge" course designed to help students move from more procedurally-based lower-division courses (e.g., abstract algebra and real analysis). What accounts for this seeming…

This article addresses difficulty in English-as-a-Second-Language grammar instruction, offering the systemic approach as an alternative method of teaching grammar. Observation of the process of learning various grammatical rules reveals a tendency to make two types of errors (formational and functional). Analysis of grammatical errors made by…

Special issue on orthography. (DD)

Research supported by a grant from the Office of Naval Research. (DD)

Research supported by a grant from the Public Health Service, National Institute of Mental Health. (DD)

Purpose of this study was to examine the effect of using separate, machine scorable answer sheets on the number of marking errors made by third-, fourth-, and sixth-grade students. (Authors)

Research supported by a grant from the National Research Council of Canada. (RS)

Based on part of a doctoral dissertation submitted to the Sate University of New York at Buffalo. (VM)

Effect of instructional conditions on the nature of memory errors was studied using a false recognition procedure. (Authors)