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Booth, Gregory D.; Cutietta, Robert A. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1991
Presents results of a test of nonmusic majors' ability to remember song titles. Suggests that, although the process of categorization seems to be a basic function of perception, appropriate categorization needs to be learned. Supports the view that music learning, like verbal learning, involves a categorization of stimuli based on holistic…
Descriptors: Classification, Music Appreciation, Music Education, Nonmajors

Macnamara, John – Psychological Review, 1972
Presents evidence to support theory that infants learn their language by first determining, independent of language, the meaning which a speaker intends to convey... and by then working out the relationship between the meaning and the expression they heard. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Skills

Pizzini, Edward L.; Gross, Michael P. – Science Education, 1978
Attempts to analyze the effects of advance organizers on an environmental education unit, assess retention of the instructional material one year later, and determine if changes in perceptions of a woodland occurred. (GA)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary Education