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Acquisition of Cumulative Conditioning Effects on Words: Spanish-Speaking Children's [Subject Pronoun + Verb] Usage
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Brown, Esther L.; Shin, Naomi – First Language, 2022
Child language acquisition research has provided ample evidence of lexical frequency effects. This corpus-based analysis introduces a novel frequency measure shown to significantly constrain adult language variation, but heretofore unexplored in child language acquisition research. Among adults, frequent occurrence of a form in a particular…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Form Classes (Languages), Word Frequency, Computational Linguistics
Continuously Adaptive vs. Discrete Changes of Task Difficulty in the Training of a Complex Perceptual-Motor Task.
Wood, Milton E. – 1970
The purpose of the effort was to determine the benefits to be derived from the adaptive training technique of automatically adjusting task difficulty as a function of a student skill during early learning of a complex perceptual motor task. A digital computer provided the task dynamics, scoring, and adaptive control of a second-order, two-axis,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conditioning, Difficulty Level, Pacing
Assessment of Variables Affecting Choice and Application to Classroom Interventions.
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Neef, Nancy A.; Lutz, Megan Noone – School Psychology Quarterly, 2001
Article reports the results of a brief, computer-based assessment of reinforcer dimensions affecting choice and the application of information yielded by the assessment in informing interventions for classroom disruptions of two students. Results showed that choice (time allocated problems within each set) was differentially affected by the…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Implications of Research on Internal Processing Operations in Learning and Memory for Serial Task Training.
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Rigney, Joseph W. – 1971
The literature on learning research pertaining to the internal processing operations of the learner was reviewed. The current thinking of learning theorists regarding the nature and importance of these processes in learning and retention is described, and their significance for instructional technology is examined. Verbalization, imagery, and…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Attention Control, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conditioning
An Empirical Assessment of Selected Software Purported to Raise SAT Scores Significantly When Utilized With Short-Term CAI on the Microcomputer.
Davis, Wesley D. – 1985
This study evaluated Krell's 1981-82 Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) preparatory series software purported to raise students' scores substantially after only a short term of computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Forty-eight college-bound juniors from Escambia County (Florida) were assigned to experimental and control groups. A two-phased pre- and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Instruction
Programmed Instruction and Educational Technology in the Language Teaching Field: New Approaches to Old Problems. Language and the Teacher: A Series in Applied Linguistics, Volume 9.
Ornstein, Jacob; And Others – 1971
Seeking to determine the extent to which educational technology is represented in the field of language instruction, this study presents a three-part survey of historical developments and current practices in this area. Part One examines the development of programed instruction in the language field, while focusing on research and development at…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Behavioral Science Research, Computer Assisted Instruction