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Pictorial organization versus verbal repetition of children’s prose: Evidence for processing differences

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  1. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin, WI53706, Madison

    Michael D. Ruch (Doctoral Student) & Joel R. Levin (Professor)

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This research was funded by the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning, supported in part as a research and development center by funds from the National Institute of Education (NIE). The opinions herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of NIE and no official endorsement by NIE should be inferred (Center No. NE-C-00-3-0065). The work represents part of the first author’s Master’s thesis which was completed under the direction of the second author. We are grateful to Professors John Giebink and Larry Hubert for serving on the thesis committee. We are also grateful to the students and teachers of Hoyt, Saint Maria Goretti, Blessed Sacrament, Holy Cross Lutheran, and East Side Evangelical Lutheran schools for their cooperation. Special thanks go to the principals of the respective schools: Alice Benn, Sister Jacqueline, Sister Marie, Cylus Bourne, and Grant Gentz. Part of the work was completed while the second author was visiting the Foundations of Education Department at the University of Houston. Requests for reprints should be addressed to Joel R. Levin, Wisconsin R & D Center, 1025 W. Johnson Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706.

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Ruch, M.D., Levin, J.R. Pictorial organization versus verbal repetition of children’s prose: Evidence for processing differences. AVCR 25, 269–280 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02769763

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