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Hoover, Jeanne M.; Austin, Ann M. Berghout – 1986
The primary purpose of this study was to compare, from a social/cognitive perspective, computer free play with more traditional preschool free play. Secondary objectives were to find out whether there were gender differences in the duration and type of computer play and whether receptive language differences or sociometric status affected the use…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Microcomputers, Play, Preschool Children
Gilbride, Kathleen E.; And Others – 1983
To determine whether deficits warranting intervention are present in the later functioning of high-risk infants, 22 premature infants who experienced asphyxia or chronic lung disease (CLD) but who had no gross developmental abnormalities were evaluated. Assessments of auditory perception and receptive language ability were made during later…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Comparative Analysis, Diseases, Followup Studies
Becker, Ann DeVaney – 1987
Post structural reader theories--i.e., theories that focus on the reader/viewer rather than the text as the creator of meaning--are considered in this paper in terms of their application to educational media research. Some key concepts of reader theories are defined as follows: (1) reading is the process of creating meaning while viewing an…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Educational Media, Educational Television, Encoding (Psychology)
Vergnaud, Gerard – 1984
In response to theories of learning that attempt to get rid of contents, two arguments are provided which suggest that it is theoretically disputable that knowledge develops along the same kind of process for biology and history, physics and mathematics, or the geometry of the triangle, and the geometry of space. The first is that empirical…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation
Download full textGottlieb, Margo H. – 1985
A research project investigated communicative language skills and the academic proficiency of native English speakers and limited-English-speaking (LEP) elementary school students. The subjects were 304 native English speakers and bilingual program participants, speakers of Lao and Spanish. The data are derived from a locally developed assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis
Foley, Mary Ann; Foley, Hugh J. – 1985
Two criteria for the automatic encoding of learning, instructional manipulation, and stimulus characteristics were studied in subjects who judged the frequency of occurrence of words, letters, and nonwords. In Experiment 1, six word lists were constructed with varying frequency of alphabet letters. A variety of instructions were presented (whether…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Encoding (Psychology), Incidental Learning
O'Neal, Sharon – 1983
Personal and professional characteristics of student teachers and cooperating teachers and their relation to supervision were studied. Conferences between 20 student teachers and their cooperating teachers were analyzed. Participants self-administered five instruments at the beginning, middle, and end of the student teaching experience: the…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Communication
