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Cummins, James; Mulcahy, Robert – Child Development, 1978
Investigated the influence of Ukrainian-English bilingualism on first and third grade children's awareness of the arbitrary nature of word-referent relationships and on their ability to analyze linguistic input. (JMB)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, English
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Suzuki, Nancy S. – Child Development, 1972
Study was an attempt to explain the observed difference associated with sentence type in the performance of children and the absence of a similar difference in the performance of college students. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Deep Structure, Grade 5
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Booth, James R.; MacWhinney, Brian; Harasaki, Yasuaki – Child Development, 2000
Visual and auditory processing of complex sentences was examined among 8- through 11-year-olds. Findings suggested a U-shaped learning pattern for on-line processing of restrictive relative clauses. Off-line accuracy scores showed different patterns for good and poor comprehenders. Incorrect local attachment strategy use was related to sentence…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Stimuli, Children, Cognitive Processes