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Beyersmann, Elisabeth; Cavalli, Eddy; Casalis, Séverine; Colé, Pascale – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2016
Previous research has repeatedly revealed evidence for morpho-orthographic priming effects in suffixed words. However, evidence for the morphological chunking of prefixed words is sparse and ambiguous. The goal of the present study was to directly contrast the processing of prefixed and suffixed pseudowords within the same experiment. We carried…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Priming, Reading Fluency, Lexicology
Huang, Shih-Chieh Douglas – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In this dissertation, I investigate the effects of a grounded learning experience on college students' mental models of physics systems. The grounded learning experience consisted of a priming stage and an instruction stage, and within each stage, one of two different types of visuo-haptic representation was applied: visuo-gestural simulation…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, College Students, College Science, Physics
Phillips, William E.; Feng, Jay – Online Submission, 2012
A quasi-experimental action research with a pretest-posttest same subject design was implemented to determine if there is a different effect of the flash card method and the multisensory approach on kindergarteners' achievement in sight word recognition, and which method is more effective if there is any difference. Instrumentation for pretest and…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Action Research, Instructional Materials, Teaching Methods