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Keddington, Holly B. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The present study was conducted in three parts. Each part analyzed theory of mind (ToM) development in children who are deaf in relation to mental verb and complement syntax understanding. In the first part, participants were given a series of tests for the purpose of correlational analysis of ToM, mental verb understanding, and memory for…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Deafness, Children, Syntax
Garcia, Prospero N. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Framed within a Sociocultural Theory of Mind (SCT) in the field of Second Language Acquisition (Lantolf & Thorne, 2006), this dissertation explores the role of verbalizing in the internalization of grammatical categories through the use of Concept-based Instruction (henceforth CBI) in the second language (L2) classroom. Using Vygotsky's…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Learning Theories
Danielle Rachel Alfandre – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Modality is traditionally defined as the expression of possibility or necessity. In English, modality is expressed by the modal auxiliaries such as "can," "would," "should," or "might;" adjectives and adverbs such as "possible," "necessary," "maybe," and "absolutely;"…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Learning Processes, Social Cognition, Verbs