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Download full textKahn, James V. – 1977
Investigated was the relative effectiveness of sign language and verbal language training in teaching 12 nonverbal hearing retarded children (4-9 years old) to communicate. Ss were randomly assigned to one of three groups: speech training (based on the Bricker, Dennison, Watson, and Vincent-Smith program), sign language training (adapted from the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedField, Dorothy – Journal of Special Education, 1974
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedMackenzie, Andrew A.; White, Richard T. – American Educational Research Journal, 1982
Three treatments based on the model of memory proposed by R.M. Gagne and R.T. White were compared in their effects on eighth- and ninth-graders' learning and retention of geographical facts and skills. The first treatment had an active excursion, the second had a passive excursion, and the third had no excursion. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, Field Trips
Peer reviewedSimser, Judith I. – Volta Review, 1993
This paper discusses why and how parents of children with hearing impairments participate in the auditory-verbal approach. The components of therapy sessions are outlined, and techniques are described for developing listening skills, speech production, language, and communication in infants and toddlers. Effective teaching strategies are reviewed…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Hearing Impairments, Hearing Therapy, Infants
STOLUROW, LAWRENCE M. – 1963
A STATUS REPORT WAS MADE OF THE ACTIVITIES PURSUED IN A 3-MONTH PORTION OF PHASE 1 OF A LARGER 10-YEAR PROJECT PLANNED TO STUDY THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN TRANSFER OF TRAINING BY USE OF PROGRAMED SELF-INSTRUCTION PRESENTED BY TEACHING MACHINES. THIS MEDIUM WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE IT PROVIDES LABORATORY-LIKE CONDITIONS SUCH AS…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Learning Processes, Logic
Short, Robert H.; And Others – 1974
The effect of presentation time on learning under varying mediation instructions demonstrated a time-dependent difference in the facilitating effect of imagery generation or sentence generation instructions. Subjects were junior high school students working in a paired associate task with concrete nouns. Both cognitive strategies were more…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Junior High School Students, Learning Processes, Mediation Theory
Slack, Charles W. – 1964
The results of a number of experiments with the memorizing of several different subject-matters are presented in such a way that the relationship between number of opportunities for error (word elements faded) and number of errors actually made can be observed for individuals and groups. The particular selection of word elements to be taught by…
Descriptors: Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Error Patterns, Experiments
Peer reviewedLevin, Joel R.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1971
Aptitude by treatment interactions are investigated in the context of paired associate learning. Individuals are grouped by preference for visual or verbal items on classifying lists of paired associates and these groups are used to predict performance on criterion lists. (DG)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Early Childhood Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Individual Differences
Meichenbaum, Donald – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
In response to Whitman, "Self-Regulation and Mental Retardation" (EC 222 812), the author distinguishes between operant and cognitive training methods to develop self-regulatory skills and disagrees with Whitman's observation that the procedures for teaching retarded persons are essentially the same as for nonretarded persons. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Generalization, Language Skills, Mediation Theory
Direct linkEbie, Brian D. – Psychology of Music, 2004
The purpose of this research was to determine whether there were significant differences in male or female middle-school students' ability to appropriately convey the emotions of happiness, sadness, anger, and fear while singing musical passages within the context of four treatment situations. Four treatment methodologies were designed to identify…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Singing, Females
Rodriguez, Joan – 1977
A three-part experiment was designed to determine the differential effects of using audio, print, or a combined form, together with an inserted organizational and attentional aid (mathemagenic device), or lack thereof, in a syllable lesson on the test scores of six types of community college students: those who were internally or externally…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Magnetic Tape Cassettes
Bean, Rita M.; Crouse, Russell – 1981
A study was conducted to determine if verbs were learned as easily as other words by primary school children. One hundred eight kindergarten children were divided into high, medium, and low I.Q. ranges and each range group was further divided--one group for each of three testing methods at each intelligence level. A list of words including 25…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Context Clues, Intelligence Differences, Kindergarten
BERNHEIM, GLORIA D. – 1967
THREE- AND 4-YEAR-OLDS WERE GIVEN VERBAL LEARNING PRETRAINING TO DETERMINE ITS EFFECT UPON THE PERFORMANCE OF REVERSAL AND NONREVERSAL SHIFT DISCRIMINATION TASKS. THE EXPERIMENTAL TASK WAS THE CLASSICAL REVERSAL-NONREVERSAL SHIFT PARADIGM. THE 96 PRE-SCHOOLERS, PRIMARILY FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY NURSERY SCHOOL, WERE DIVIDED INTO 4…
Descriptors: Child Development, Concept Formation, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Camp, Bonnie W. – 1975
Provided is the manual for the "Think Aloud" program for young aggressive boys which is designed to slow down and inhibit first associations; increase verbal mediation; inhibit immature, irrelevant speech; increase repertory of alternative responses; increase skill in staying with a plan and evaluating outcomes; and facilitate transfer…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Guides
Peer reviewedGoodstein, Henry A. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1974
Discussed is use of pictorial aids to develop word problem skills for addition and subtraction of handicapped children. (MC)
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Media, Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Education
