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Chase, Richard A. – Man-Environment Systems, 1975
Major attention is given to the relationships between behaving organisms and the information in their environments. Case studies are examined that involve deliberate design of relationships between people and information that increase opportunities for learning. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Environmental Influences, Infant Behavior, Information Needs
Hall, Vernon C. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aural Learning, Intermode Differences, Learning Processes
Johnston, James O.; Calhoun, Jo Anne P. – J Educ Res, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Methods, Educational Research, Grade 10
Gordon, Ira J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Learning
Caldwell, Edward C.; Hall, Vernon C. – Child Develop, 1969
Research supported by U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, OEO-4120.
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Discrimination Learning, Kindergarten Children, Learning Processes
Conway, Jerome K. – AV Commun Rev, 1968
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Processing, Learning Processes
Kemelfield, Graeme – Educ Telev Int, 1969
Descriptors: Attention, Communication (Thought Transfer), Learning Processes, Research Methodology
Ferguson, Eva Dreikurs – 1981
Investigators assessing the effect of motivation on performance rarely report the effect of performance on motivation. College students (N=48), preselected by anxiety scores, were tested on adjective pairs lists; additionally, anxiety was measured before and after task performance. Results showed that anxiety had a marked effect on verbal learning…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Higher Education, Influences, Interaction
Kraft, William A.; Rodolfa, Emil R. – 1981
The major works of the child/developmental psychologist and educator Wayne Dennis are listed in this annotated bibliography. (One-hundred-twenty-one citations are included.) For ease of use, the bibliography has been subdivided into the major headings of aging (7 citations); animistic thinking (9 citations); cross-cultural studies (8 citations);…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Annotated Bibliographies, Child Development, Cognitive Processes
Duchastel, Philippe C. – 1979
Many consider the use of adjunct questions (mathemagenics) to be a means by which the instructional value of a text can be increased with relatively little difficulty, and this explains the appeal they have generated over the years. Yet this appeal is seldom tempered by a consideration of the ecological validity of the experimental studies on…
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Educational Research, Learning Processes, Reading Comprehension
Ingram, David – 1981
Current opinion regarding the nature of the young child's representation of two or more languages is that there is one system during the earliest stages of development. This paper explores theoretical and methodological difficulties underlying this issue. Theoretically, it is questioned what is being claimed about the child's cognitive capacities…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Bilingualism, Child Language, English
Bekerman, Roslyn, Comp. – 1980
This preliminary edition of the International Directory of Child Development Research includes listings for 45 nations. Entries are grouped in the following sections: intranational organizations, international organizations, private institutes, and handicapped children. Names of contact persons, addresses, and institutional affiliations are…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Health, International Organizations
Scarcella, Robin C., Ed.; Krashen, Stephen D., Ed. – 1980
The following papers are included: (1) "The Theoretical and Practical Relevance of Simple Codes in Second Language Acquisition" (Krashen); (2) "Talking to Foreigners versus Talking to Children: Similarities and Differences" (Freed); (3) "The Levertov Machine" (Stevick); (4) "Acquiring a Second Language when You're Not the Underdog" (Edelsky and…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Influences, Diaries, Language Processing
Wilcox, Wayne C.; And Others – 1977
A study investigated the effects of text condensation, field independence, and sex on students' comprehension of and attitudes toward instructional prose materials. Fifty-eight high school juniors and seniors were divided into three groups on the basis of sex and their scores on a field independence measure. Students in the original treatment were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Content Area Reading, High Schools, Learning Processes
Collin, A.; Holec, H. – 1980
Recent studies have shown that the behavioristic theory of learning is not adequate as a model for language acquisition. Far from being the linear accumulation of a series of automatic reflexes, language acquisition is a cognitive process in which individuals construct and test hypotheses and where there is considerable variation from learner to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Language Research, Learning Processes
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