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Kirjavainen, Minna; Lieven, Elena V. M.; Theakston, Anna L. – Cognitive Science, 2017
An experimental study was conducted on children aged 2;6-3;0 and 3;6-4;0 investigating the priming effect of two WANT-constructions to establish whether constructional competition contributes to English-speaking children's infinitival to omission errors (e.g., *"I want ___ jump now"). In two between-participant groups, children either…
Descriptors: Children, Experiments, Priming, Form Classes (Languages)
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Reed, Phil; Altweck, Laura; Broomfield, Laura; Simpson, Anna; McHugh, Louise – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Stimulus overselectivity occurs when one aspect of the environment controls behavior at the expense of other equally salient aspects. Stimulus overselectivity can be reduced for some individuals with learning disabilities, if they engage in an observing response in which they point to, touch, or name each of the stimuli prior to selecting the one…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Experiments
Churches, Richard; McAleavy, Tony – CfBT Education Trust, 2015
This publication contains 12 (A3 open-out) poster-style reports of teacher experimental research. The style of presentation parallels the type of preliminary reporting common at academic conferences and postgraduate events. At the same time, it aims to act as a form of short primer to introduce teachers to the basic options that there are when…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Randomized Controlled Trials, Teacher Researchers, Foreign Countries