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Bodner, Glen E.; Taikh, Alexander – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2012
The production effect refers to a memory advantage for items studied aloud over items studied silently. Ozubko and MacLeod (2010) used a list-discrimination task to support a distinctiveness account of the production effect over a strength account. We report new findings in this task--including negative production effects--that better fit with an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Memory, Recognition (Psychology), Word Lists
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Yücel, Elif Özata; Özkan, Mulis – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
In this study, we determined cognitive structures and misconceptions about basic ecological concepts by using "word association" tests on secondary school students, age between 12-14 years. Eighty-nine students participated in this study. Before WAT was generated, basic ecological concepts that take place in the secondary science…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Cognitive Structures, Misconceptions, Ecological Factors
Meng, Bok Check; Soon, Goh Ying – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
Giving additional learning materials such as Chinese fantasy novel to non-native learners can be strenuous. This study seeks to render empirical support on the usefulness of the use of new words in Chinese fantasy novel to enhance vocabulary learning among the non-native learners of Chinese. In general, the students agreed that they like to learn…
Descriptors: Chinese, Fantasy, Novels, Second Language Learning
Croft, Cedric – 2003
This booklet is the Teacher's Manual for "Spell-Write" (Revised), a text to aid students in New Zealand in writing, spelling, and word study programs. "Spell-Write" (Revised) will be used predominantly in Years 4-7 classrooms. The overriding principle which has been retained in this revised edition is that of…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
Goldsmith, Peggy; Robinson, Trish – 1986
To help children develop a concept of "words," this document introduces parallels from languages other than English so that children, especially those learning English as a second language, can become aware of similarities across languages and recognize links between their first language and English. Answers to questions often asked by…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries