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Thorpe, Kirsten; Fernald, Anne – Cognition, 2006
Three studies investigated how 24-month-olds and adults resolve temporary ambiguity in fluent speech when encountering prenominal adjectives potentially interpretable as nouns. Children were tested in a looking-while-listening procedure to monitor the time course of speech processing. In Experiment 1, the familiar and unfamiliar adjectives…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Adults, Language Processing, Form Classes (Languages)
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Baayen, R. H.; Feldman, L. B.; Schreuder, R. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2006
Balota et al. [Balota, D., Cortese, M., Sergent-Marshall, S., Spieler, D., & Yap, M. (2004). Visual word recognition for single-syllable words. "Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 133," 283-316] studied lexical processing in word naming and lexical decision using hierarchical multiple regression techniques for a large data set of…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Word Recognition, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables
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Schulenberg, Stefan E.; Yutrzenka, Barbara A.; Gohm, Carol L. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
The purpose of this study was to systematically develop an instrument to measure computer aversion, computer attitudes, and computer familiarity. The study is an extension of previous research (Schulenberg, 2002). Development involved item generation, pilot testing, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The measure was administered to…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Familiarity, Factor Analysis, Measurement Techniques
Watson, Gavan P. L. – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2006
This paper describes the partial results of a research project which investigated conceptions of nature and the role of place in environmental education in children who attended Camp Arowhon. Through interviews and observations, utilizing a hybrid research drawing from phenomenography and ethnography, local common wild animals emerged as playing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Animals, Children, Resident Camp Programs
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Hadley, Christopher B.; MacKay, Donald G. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2006
People recall taboo words better than neutral words in many experimental contexts. The present rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) experiments demonstrated this taboo-superiority effect for immediate recall of mixed lists containing taboo and neutral words matched for familiarity, length, and category coherence. Under binding theory (MacKay et…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Recall (Psychology), Experiments, Familiarity
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Gershkoff-Stowe, Lisa; Connell, Brenda; Smith, Linda – Journal of Child Language, 2006
Overgeneralization occurs when a child uses the wrong word to name an object and is often observed in the early stages of word learning. We develop a method to elicit overgeneralizations in the laboratory by priming children to say the names of objects perceptually similar to known and unknown target objects. Experiment 1 examined 18 two-year-old…
Descriptors: Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Language Processing, Language Acquisition, Young Children
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Alptekin, Cem – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2006
This study explores the role of culturally familiar background knowledge in inferential and literal comprehension in L2 reading. Ninety-eight Turkish EFL (English as a Foreign Language) university students were divided into two groups of equivalent English proficiency. They read either the original of an American short story or a "nativized"…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Familiarity, Second Language Learning, Inferences
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Wong-Kim, Evaon; Wang, Caroline C. – Health Education & Behavior, 2006
The incidence of breast cancer is rising rapidly among the fast-growing demographic group of Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). In this study, the authors assessed the awareness of breast self-exam (BSE) and factors predicting practice of BSE among Chinese immigrant women living in San Francisco. Three hundred and ninety-seven women…
Descriptors: Females, Familiarity, Cancer, Telephone Surveys
Lemke, Mariann; Miller, David; Johnston, Jamie; Krenzke, Tom; Alvarez-Rojas, Laura; Kastberg, David; Jocelyn, Leslie – US Department of Education, 2005
The Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL) is an international comparative study conducted in 2003 to provide participating countries with information about the skills of their adult populations. ALL builds upon earlier national and international studies of adult literacy. Information from ALL addresses questions such as: (1) What is the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, International Studies, Familiarity
Engin, Ali Osman; Seven, Mehmet Ali – Online Submission, 2005
The aim of this research is to evaluate the effects of background knowledge, topic familiarity and interest on reading skill. In writing this, our greatest aim is to present such a work that will be used by all language teachers, by students in the foreign language department and by all those whose prospect is to be language teacher as a handbook.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Familiarity, Reading Skills, Background
Sullivan, Peter; Mousley, Judy; Zevenbergen, Robyn – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
We are researching actions that teachers can take to improve mathematics learning for all students. Structural elements of the lessons being trialled include making aspects of pedagogy explicit to seek to overcome differences in familiarity with schooling processes, and sequencing tasks with the potential to engage students. This article reports…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Teaching Methods
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Bates, Marcia J. – Information Processing & Management, 1996
This report on the Getty Online Searching Project, which studied the end-user searching behavior of 27 humanities scholars over a 2-year period, focuses on previous familiarity with retrieved documents. Topics include document familiarity and relevance; document familiarity and information retrieval; measuring retrieval success; and document…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Humanities, Information Retrieval, Longitudinal Studies
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Bakken, Lori L. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2002
Using grounded theory, the learning processes used by nine physicians to diagnose Lyme Disease were investigated. Repetition and counterexperiences served to frame the problem along a continuum of familiarity. Results suggest ways to prepare case studies that include variety, repetition, and counterexperiences to teach diagnosis. (Contains 28…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Clinical Diagnosis, Familiarity, Learning Processes
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Oakes, Lisa M.; Kannass, Kathleen N.; Shaddy, D. Jill – Child Development, 2002
One longitudinal and one cross-sectional study evaluated the interactive effects of endogenous and exogenous influences on infants' attention allocation by assessing the role of target familiarity on distraction latency during object exploration. Findings indicated that 9- and 10-month-olds, but not 6.5-month- olds, exhibited longer latencies as…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Cross Sectional Studies, Familiarity
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Nippold, Marilyn A.; Taylor, Catherine L. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
Elementary and secondary students (N=150) were given a forced-choice task of idiom understanding. Performance on tasks steadily improved with age, and idioms with higher familiarity and transparency were easier for students to understand. Results support the language experience model of figurative language development and the hypothesis that…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, Familiarity
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