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Chilton, Molly Welsh; Ehri, Linnea C. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2015
An experiment compared the impact of more and less semantically connected sentence contexts on vocabulary learning. Third graders (N = 40) were taught the definitions and meanings of six unfamiliar verbs: "anticipate," "attain," "devise," "restrain," "wield," and "persist." The verbs were…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Sentences, Semantics, Vignettes
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Gaillard, Vinciane; Barrouillet, Pierre; Jarrold, Christopher; Camos, Valerie – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
Several models assume that working memory development depends on age-related increases in efficiency and speed of processing. However, age-related increases in the efficiency of the mechanisms that counteract forgetting and restore memory traces may also be important. This hypothesis was tested in three experiments by manipulating both the…
Descriptors: Age, Short Term Memory, Age Differences, Individual Development
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Panaoura, Areti – Educational Psychology, 2006
The present study outlines a specific three-level hierarchy of the cognitive system, in particular the relationship between cognitive and metacognitive processes in mathematics. The emphasis is on the impact of processing efficiency and working memory ability on the development of self-representation and mathematical performance. We developed and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Metacognition, Testing