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White, Darcy; Besner, Derek – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2017
There are multiple reports, in the context of the time taken to read aloud, that the joint effects of stimulus quality and word frequency (a) interact when only words appear in the list but (b) are additive when nonwords are intermixed with words (O'Malley & Besner, 2008). This triple interaction has been explained in terms of the idea that…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Stimuli, Word Frequency, Language Processing
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Jonker, Tanya R.; Levene, Merrick; MacLeod, Colin M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
A number of memory phenomena evident in recall in within-subject, mixed-lists designs are reduced or eliminated in between-subject, pure-list designs. The item-order account (McDaniel & Bugg, 2008) proposes that differential retention of order information might underlie this pattern. According to this account, order information may be encoded…
Descriptors: Memory, Item Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Task Analysis
Fiedorowicz, C. A. M.; Trites, R. L. – 1987
A study in eastern Ontario, Canada, evaluated a computer program, the Autoskill Component Reading Subskills Program, which was used to improve the reading comprehension of elementary school students identified as reading disabled. Subjects, 91 students from five school districts, were behind at least one grade in reading word recognition skills…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Man Machine Systems