Cogprints: No conditions. Results ordered Title. 2018-01-17T14:12:45ZEPrintshttp://cogprints.org/images/sitelogo.gifhttp://cogprints.org/2017-02-18T20:30:11Z2017-02-18T20:30:11Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/9811This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/98112017-02-18T20:30:11ZDoes a combined dialogic and print referencing reading program improve the vocabulary and print knowledge of children aged 4-5?Dialogic reading (Whitehurst et al., 1988) has a positive effect on the vocabulary of young children (Whitehurst et al., 1994). Knowledge of print is a strong predictor of later reading ability (McCardle et al., 2001). Adults using a print referencing style refer explicitly to aspects of the printed word (Justice & Ezell, 2004). Justice et al. (2009a) recommended coupling the reading styles to see if their simultaneous use could improve both the vocabulary and print knowledge of young children. This current study is the first assessment of a combined approach. Within the between-subjects design 55 children aged 4-5 were recruited from 2 schools. The children in the experimental condition read with the researcher using the print referencing/ dialogic reading program in small groups over a 5 week period. The children in the control condition were read to in a more didactic way. The children’s receptive vocabulary was assessed, both before and after the program, using the PPVT-4 scale. They were also tested on their expressive and receptive vocabulary, and print knowledge using researcher-designed tests. A Quade’s rank analysis of covariance indicated there was a significant improvement in children’s print knowledge but no improvement in vocabulary. Correlational analysis suggested there were significant relationships between both receptive and expressive vocabulary, and print knowledge. Future studies of this program may be useful to determine whether a more long-term or intensive program might improve vocabulary and if the program could be adapted for use with pre-schoolers.Ms Maria Blakemoremaria.p.blakemore@gmail.com2017-02-18T22:07:19Z2017-02-18T22:07:19Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/9841This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/98412017-02-18T22:07:19ZThe Idea of WillThis article presents a new conceptual view on the conscious will. This new concept approaches our will from the perspective of the requirements of our neural-muscular system and not from our anthropocentric perspective. This approach not only repositions the will at the core of behavior control, it also integrates the studies of Libet and Wegner, which seem to support the opposite. The will does not return as an instrument we use to steer, but rather as part of the way we learn new automatic behavior and of how our neural system steers us. The new concept suggests that understanding of our will is more about understanding of our daily behavior then about the will itself.Drs. M.M. Dorenboschmichieldorenbosch@yahoo.co.uk2017-02-18T20:31:11Z2017-02-18T20:31:11Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/9817This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/98172017-02-18T20:31:11ZA Morse alphabetA compact alphabetic form of the Morse code is constructed following some simple rules. It is mostly useful in learning the Morse code and using it in writing form.Mihail-Ioan Popmihailp@unitbv.ro2016-01-12T20:51:35Z2016-01-12T20:51:35Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/10046This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/100462016-01-12T20:51:35ZMosaic Brains? A Methodological Critique of Joel et al. (2015)(no abstract)Marco Del Giudicemarcodg@unm.eduRichard A LippaDavid A PutsDrew H BaileyJ Michael BaileyDavid P Schmitt2015-02-24T18:36:37Z2015-02-24T18:36:37Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/9827This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/98272015-02-24T18:36:37ZSentence syntax trees should be made from morphemes. Semantically ordered treesSome critique of usage of sentence parse trees in modern linguistics. Two propositions on constructing trees, as mentioned in the title. Introduction of an English-to-Tatar translator program that is being developed by the author. Precedence by specificity.Dinar Qurbanovqdinar@gmail.com2015-10-06T12:09:46Z2015-10-06T12:09:46Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/9956This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/99562015-10-06T12:09:46ZTHE SPECIES PROBLEM AND ITS LOGIC: Inescapable Ambiguity and Framework-relativity
For more than fifty years, taxonomists have proposed numerous alternative definitions of species while they searched for a unique, comprehensive, and persuasive definition. This monograph shows that these efforts have been unnecessary, and indeed have provably been a pursuit of a will o' the wisp because they have failed to recognize the theoretical impossibility of what they seek to accomplish. A clear and rigorous understanding of the logic underlying species definition leads both to a recognition of the inescapable ambiguity that affects the definition of species, and to a framework-relative approach to species definition that is logically compelling, i.e., cannot not be accepted without inconsistency. An appendix reflects upon the conclusions reached, applying them in an intellectually whimsical taxonomic thought experiment that conjectures the possibility of an emerging new human species.Dr. Steven Bartlettsbartlet@willamette.edu