AN EXPERIMENT WAS DESIGNED TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT, WITH MATERIAL OF HIGH MEANINGFULNESS, THE SEMANTIC DIMENSION OF SYNONYMITY (BATTLE-FIGHT) WILL HAVE GREATER IMPACT ON THE LEARNING PROCESS THAN THE DIMENSION OF FORMAL SIMILARITY (BATTLE-BOTTLE). THE LEARNING MATERIALS CONSISTED OF FOUR LISTS OF 12 PAIRS OF TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS. THEY WERE…

Though visual literacy is gaining recognition, visual communication is under-utilized by special educators. Children are growing up in a world where much of their learning is visual, and schools which have included visual communication in their curriculums have found that it has enhanced the ability to write, and contributed significantly to…

Relatively few research studies on the determinants of academic achievement focus on the exchanges that take place within the classroom as a social system. This paper focused on such exchanges and on the research of Coleman (1966) and of Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968). (Author/RK)

Reading comprehension and vocabulary scores, and verbal and nonverbal IQ were significantly related to both simultaneous and successive processing ability in fourth grade Canadian boys. High levels of both types of processing ability are necessary for high achievement; high levels of one type only will result in moderate achievement. (Author/GDC)

The study investigated WISC-R subtest pattern scores of 58 learning disabled children. The evidence indicates that the low subtest scores on Arithmetic, Coding and Information were characteristic of this group. The study did not support the Verbal-Performance discrepancies as useful in the diagnosis of learning disabilities. (Author)

The effects of specific and nonspecific verbal corrections on vocational training of 38 low-moderately to severely mentally retarded adults were studied. Results demonstrated that specific verbal corrections enhanced acquisition by learners with higher receptive-language skills but did not do so for learners with lower receptive-language skills.…

Teachers can encourage the quiet child (who may have oral communication apprehension) by providing verbal feedback and encouragement, rearranging the classroom to increase positive verbal interaction, and directly asking students questions. (Author/CB)

Two experiments examined the role that college students' verbal aptitude and evaluation anxiety play in the production of persuasive letters. Results showed that verbal aptitude should be considered when predicting the quality of students writing. Taking writing anxiety into account did not increase the predictive power of verbal aptitude scores.…

Discusses the importance of being able to describe the subjective properties of music. States that educators must develop an aesthetic vocabulary to allow articulation of musical properties. Provides examples of descriptive vocabulary taken from representative music selections. (GEA)

High school seniors completed an ego identity interview with occupations considered coded for occupational prestige, substantive complexity, interest environment, and gender dominance; the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory; and a verbal ability measure. Breadth of exploration in the four career dimensions, particularly in gender dominance…

It is unlikely that reading tests written in standard English can measure the verbal ability of nonstandard speakers. Phonological, syntactic, and lexical biases disproportionately place certain groups at a disadvantage and reinforce undesirable attitudes concerning language varieties. This can be remedied only when the society rids itself of…

Results from the 1979 Minnesota Computer Literacy Assessment show that eighth- and eleventh-grade females perform better than males in some specific areas of programing, i.e., those that involve problem analysis and algorithmic application where the problems are expressed verbally rather than mathematically. (Author/LRW)

A conceptual theory for predicting the relations between intellectual abilities and performance during task practice is proposed and is evaluated through an experiment with high school and college students. This macro-theory integrates hierarchical theories of intellectual abilities with information-processing theories of automatic and controlled…

Examines the hypothesis that adults and children have media-specific conceptions of picturing and that the functional uses of photography and drawing differ across development. Results showed an age progression from viewing photography as only reflecting the real object to viewing it as a medium that allows for control and alteration of reality.…

The Scholastic Aptitude Test scores of 86 left-handed undergraduates were examined as a function of familial sinistrality, strength of left-handedness, and sex. An interaction was found between familial sinistrality and strength of handedness in terms of aptitude. (Author/BS)