Verbal Processing in Poor and Normal Readers

1982 ◽  
pp. 189-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank R. Vellutino ◽  
Donna M. Scanlon
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Processing

An Alternative to Cohen's κ

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander von Eye
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Study ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Alternative Measure ◽  
Rater Agreement ◽  
Verbal Processing ◽  
Heavy Tailed ◽  
Applicant Selection

At the level of manifest categorical variables, a large number of coefficients and models for the examination of rater agreement has been proposed and used. The most popular of these is Cohen's κ. In this article, a new coefficient, κ s , is proposed as an alternative measure of rater agreement. Both κ and κ s allow researchers to determine whether agreement in groups of two or more raters is significantly beyond chance. Stouffer's z is used to test the null hypothesis that κ s = 0. The coefficient κ s allows one, in addition to evaluating rater agreement in a fashion parallel to κ, to (1) examine subsets of cells in agreement tables, (2) examine cells that indicate disagreement, (3) consider alternative chance models, (4) take covariates into account, and (5) compare independent samples. Results from a simulation study are reported, which suggest that (a) the four measures of rater agreement, Cohen's κ, Brennan and Prediger's κ n , raw agreement, and κ s are sensitive to the same data characteristics when evaluating rater agreement and (b) both the z-statistic for Cohen's κ and Stouffer's z for κ s are unimodally and symmetrically distributed, but slightly heavy-tailed. Examples use data from verbal processing and applicant selection.

USING COMPUTERS TO FACILITATE VISUAL THINKING: AN ANALOGY BETWEEN VISUAL AND VERBAL PROCESSING

1988 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Landra L. Rezabek ◽  
Tillman J. Ragan
Keyword(s):  
Visual Thinking ◽  
Verbal Processing

The role of the left prefrontal cortex in verbal processing

Neuroreport ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (16) ◽  
pp. 2193-2196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shitij Kapur ◽  
Randi Rose ◽  
Peter F. Liddle ◽  
Robert B. Zipursky ◽  
Gregory M. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Verbal Processing

Elaboration of Linguistic Code and Verbal-Processing Strategies: Interdomain Analyses

1979 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 283-296
Author(s):  
Millicent E. Poole
Keyword(s):  
Functional Relationship ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Task Completion ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Verbal Processing ◽  
Processing Strategies ◽  
Linguistic Code ◽  
Processing Modes ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between linguistic code elaboration and verbal processing strategies. Individual, structured interviews were administered to a sample of 48 male and 48 female adolescents, aged between 15 and 16 yr., to obtain measures in two domains, linguistic and verbal. Interdomain relationships were explored by means of principal component analysis and canonical correlation. The pattern of relationships between the two domains suggested a functional relationship between the linguistic codes and task-specific verbal processing modes. That is to say, linguistic codes reflected the simplicity or complexity of verbal processing strategies needed for task completion.

Reconsidering Informed and Participatory Citizenship in the Current Media Ecosystem

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-110
Author(s):  
Maria Elizabeth Grabe ◽  
Ozen Bas
Keyword(s):  
Human Brain ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Verbal Processing ◽  
Participatory Citizenship ◽  
Media Ecosystem ◽  
The Media ◽  
Memory Knowledge ◽  
The Way

The focus of this chapter is on how changes in the media landscape have forced the reconsideration of the way in which ‘memory’, ‘knowledge’, and ‘informed citizenship’ are understood, defined, and researched. Thus, for example, journalism needs to take account of the phenomenon of so-called news grazing (the active consumption of news by flipping through channels and skipping unwanted material) and that of incidental news exposure (unintended exposure to news when media users go online for non-news functions). Traditional views of informed citizenship (as simply acquiring appropriate facts and information) are challenged by calls to include applied understanding and comprehension of social issues and emotional responses to those issues. The chapter is critical of an excessive reliance on verbal tests of memory and stresses the need to develop visual measures, given that the human brain is better adapted for visual than verbal processing.

Identification of Characters with Shared Representations: Decoding Musical and Literary Braille

1997 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.S. Boyer
Keyword(s):  
Code Switching ◽  
Shared Representations ◽  
Verbal Processing ◽  
Skilled Readers

This study investigated the degree to which code switching was operative in the performances of skilled and less skilled readers of musical and literary braille on two tasks that required the identification of characters shared by the two codes in the auditory and tactile modalities. In both modalities, skilled readers were significantly faster and more accurate than less skilled readers. The results suggest that the less skilled readers’ inferior performances on tasks of code switching may have been due to inefficient verbal processing.

Influence of Multimedia and Cognitive Strategies in Deep and Surface Verbal Processing

2020 ◽  
pp. 162-183
Author(s):  
Robert Z. Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Verbal Processing ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
Deep And Surface Learning ◽  
The Individual

The traditional view of linguistic-verbal intelligences focuses on individual linguistic abilities at the levels of phonology, syntax, and semantics. This chapter discusses the individual linguistic abilities from a text-comprehension perspective. The chapter examines the roles of multimedia and cognitive prompts in deep and surface verbal processing. Drawn from research in working memory, multimedia learning, and deep processing, a theoretical framework is proposed to promote learners' deep and surface learning in reading. Evidence from empirical studies are reviewed to support the underlying theoretical assumptions of the framework. The theoretical and practical significance of the theoretical framework is discussed with suggestions for future research.

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