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Time after Time: Factors Influencing Children's Comprehension of "Before" and "After"
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Laura Wagner; Rachael Frush Holt – Journal of Child Language, 2025
We investigated older children's (7-12 years) ability to comprehend "before" and "after" sentences. Results found that three factors that influence pre-school aged children's learning of these words continues to influence older children's comprehension. Specifically, children's accuracy is improved when the events can be…
Descriptors: Children, Time, Comprehension, Language Processing
Oral Exams in Four Norwegian Secondary Schools -- Characteristics and Variations in Practice and Possible Threats to Validity and Fairness
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Marte Søve Syverud – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2025
This article explores oral exams in four Norwegian secondary schools. These oral exams are high-stakes assessments, however, knowledge about practice and implications for validity and fairness is scarce. Data for the study consist of video recordings of 36 authentic oral exams in the school subject Norwegian language and literature. Applying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Verbal Tests, Public Speaking
Is Verbal Rehearsal Strategic? An Investigation into Overt Rehearsal of Nameable Pictures in 5- to 10-Year-Old Children
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Candice C. Morey; Angela M. AuBuchon; Meg Attwood; Thomas Castelain; Nelson Cowan; Davide Crepaldi; Emilie Fjerdingstad; Eivor Fredriksen; Chris Jarrold; Chris Koch; Jaroslaw R. Lelonkiewicz; Gary Lupyan; Whitney Mendenhall; David Moreau; Christina Schonberg; Christian K. Tamnes; Haley Vlach; Emily M. Elliott – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2025
Though verbal rehearsal is a frequently endorsed strategy for remembering short lists among adults, there is ambiguity around when children deploy it, and what circumstantial factors encourage them to rehearse. We recoded data from a recent multilab replication of a serial picture memory task in which children were observed for evidence of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Recall (Psychology), Learning Processes, Priming
Designing Specific Tools to Enhance the Numeracy of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
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Lorraine Vera Gaunt; Jana Visnovska – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2025
Numeracy is important for everyday life. Being numerate has a positive impact on the quality of life of individuals, with positive economic, health, and social outcomes. Despite this, little is known about the role of numeracy in the lives of adults with intellectual disability (ID). Design research has been used to develop ways to support…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Numeracy, Adult Education, Intellectual Disability