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BERGAN, JOHN R. – 1966
EFFECTS OF TONAL MEMORY OF TWO KINDS OF FACTORS WERE STUDIED. THE FACTORS WERE (1) THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STIMULI PRESENTED TO THE SUBJECT IN A PITCH IDENTIFICATION TASK, AND (2) THOSE EFFECTING THE RESPONSE THAT THE SUBJECT MAKES IN SUCH A TASK. FIVE HYPOTHESES WERE ADVANCED FOR STUDY. THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTION WAS THAT THERE ARE IMPORTANT…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Experimental Programs, Feedback
Brickner, C. Ann – 1967
The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness ot two training sequences designed to increase auditory discrimination in preschool educationally disadvantaged children. Auditory discrimination is important because, among other reasons, studies have shown the existence of a high positive correlation between a child's ability to listen and…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Training, Aural Learning, Disadvantaged
Stern, Carolyn – 1966
The effect of a formal, structured approach to language development on preschool children is the subject of this project study. From August 1965 to August 1966, 157 programs administered to 1,663 children explored mental ability, auditory and visual discrimination, language use, vocabulary, and motivation. Children attending day care centers,…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged, Experimental Programs
LANE, HARLAN; AND OTHERS – 1961
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES REPORTING ON PROGRESS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM IN SPEECH CONTROL. THE TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE--(1) THE DISCONTINUITY OF AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION LEARNING IN HUMAN ADULTS, (2) DISCRIMINATIVE CONTROL OF CONCURRENT RESPONSES--THE RELATIONS AMONG RESPONSE FREQUENCY, LATENCY, AND TOPOGRAPHY IN AUDITORY…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Aphasia, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception
McGilligan, Robert P. – 1970
The School District of Jennings, Missouri, undertook a study of the effectiveness of grouping on academic achievement in kindergarten. It was hypothesized that grouping children according to developmental lags would be beneficial to the subjects in terms of their academic and personal development; that the curricula would be partially responsible…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Auditory Discrimination, Cognitive Development, Demography
Bereiter, Carl; And Others – 1969
Seven studies were undertaken to further extend the development and testing of an academically-oriented preschool program for disadvantaged children. The studies investigated (1) Curricula Development and Testing in Bereiter-Engelmann Program, (2) Dual Kindergarten, (3) Follow-Up Data on the Achievement of Disadvantaged Children Who Participated…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Auditory Discrimination, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Design