When two adults read eleven paragraphs, assigned a meaning to the target word in each paragrah, and answered questions about their strategies for dealing with the difficult/unknown words, they exhibited four strategies, outside of actual definition, that skilled readers use to deal with such words. The most often used strategy is paragraph…

Seven 18- to 32-month-old children received from seven to 26 experimental sessions each between October 1966 and April 1967. A session lasted from 5 to 15 minutes and concerned control over the verbal responses of the children with token-operated reinforcement devices. In order to make the results of the experimental sessions meaningful, an…

This paper reviews studies on cognitive processes that may mediate the development of early learning problems. Topics covered include auditory and visual discrimination deficits, integration of information from different modalities, the significance of attentional factors, contributions of memory factors, and the importance of cognitive style…

The conceptualization of the term "psycholinguistic ability" led to the definition of an area of language behavior that is not well represented in achievement tests in English nor in existing tests of verbal intelligence. Thus, the Linguistic Ability Test (LAT) was designed, pilot-tested, revised, and field-tested in an attempt to…

This study attempted to ameliorate the educational deficits of infants using structured tutorial programs of language and concept training in the home. It was part of a larger project whose purpose was to determine the age at which intervention will produce maximum acceleration of cognitive development. Subjects were 20 disadvantaged 8- and…

Eighty sixth-grade subjects, split into five independent groups, learned two PA lists of 12 noun pairs each. Two groups performed under traditional transfer conditions with lists conforming to a negative transfer paradigm, A-B, A-C, or to a reference paradigm A-B, C-D. Two other groups learned the same lists under a syntactic PA method where the…

Time-of-day effects on children's incidental visual memory for words and ability to solve verbal analogies were investigated. Thirty-six normal, learning disabled, and educable retarded children were assigned morning or afternoon learning/recall sessions. All showed afternoon superiority for superficially processed words, but no differences for…

Describes 180 works dealing with bilingualism and bidialectalism; language and verbal learning; literature, humanities and media; teacher education; testing and evaluation; and written and oral communication. (DD)

A two-year study randomly assigned children (K-grade 2) with advanced mathematical skills (n=276) to two groups, an intervention group reflecting a constructivist approach or a control. Boys gained more than girls on quantitative and visual-spatial measures in the control, whereas the intervention group made greater gains in quantitative measures…

Finds that, in 50 primary classrooms with a majority of Native American students, the language development of Native American students was enhanced by open and informal classroom organization, small group activity, flexible time parameters, student autonomy, a positive teacher-student relationship, cooperative learning, and use of culturally…

Argues that, to maximize a child's educational experience in history/social science, it is imperative that teachers utilize a whole-brain teaching approach by using a variety of experiences that stimulate both sides of the brain. Discusses the three general modes in which students appear to learn: oral, visual, and kinesthetic. Suggests specific…

This paper documents development of the field of auditory-verbal intervention to aid individuals with hearing impairments and outlines its advantages. The paper emphasizes the author's contributions to the field through development of detection and treatment services, early detection and early intervention services, research studies, and teacher…

A pioneer in the development of auditory-verbal intervention services for children with hearing impairments recounts the technological and pedagogic influences that shaped her philosophy of teaching children. The importance of fitting young children with hearing aids and teaching them to listen is emphasized. (JDD)

Noting that young children learn to talk at different ages but within certain developmental boundaries, this document presents two charts to help parents facilitate their toddler's speech. The first chart lists characteristics to look for in a growing, healthy baby at various ages between 3 months and 24 months, and suggestions for when to talk to…

The uses of verbal rules in solving arithmetic problems are presented. Thirty-six problems were used in individual testing of five students who were enrolled in a remedial mathematics course at a community college. Two or three weeks prior to the individual exams, the students had been tested in their class on the material. The study indicated…