Manuscripts & publications

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
B2017-0034/011(02) Notes, articles relating to unfinished Olson, Smith book on semantics and cognition File 1958-1969
B2017-0034/011(03) “Religious Experience During Adolescence, Goss’ Verbal Mediating Processes: A Reinterpretation” File 1960-1963
B2017-0034/011(04) “The Influence of Foreign Language Background on Performance on Selected Language Intelligence Tests”. University of Alberta: M. Ed thesis, April 1962 File 1962
B2017-0034/011(05) “The Role of Verbal Rules in Cognitive Processes of Children.” University of Alberta: PhD thesis, April 1963 File 1963
B2017-0034/011(06) “The Relationship Between the Way the World Is and our Ideas About the Way the World Is.” Draft. File 1966
B2017-0034/011(07) “From perceiving to performing the diagonal.” Ontario Journal of Educational Research, 10, 3 (Spring 1968): 171-180 File 1968
B2017-0034/011(08) Cognitive development: The child’s acquisition of diagonality. New York: Academic Press, 1970. Draft File 1969
B2017-0034/011(09) “Knowledge: The structure of the world or the structure of cultural media.” Draft, March 1970 File 1970
B2017-0034/011(10) “Language and thought: Aspects of a Cognitive Theory of Semantics.” Psychological Review, 77, 4 (July 1970): 257-273 File 1970
B2017-0034/012(01) “Language acquisition and cognitive development.” In C. Haywood (Ed.), Socio-cultural aspects of mental retardation. New York: Appleton-Century Crafts. 1970 File 1970
B2017-0034/012(02) Olson, D.R., Case, D.C., Wine, W., Pagliuso, S., Crosbie, D. & Gate, A.J. (1972) Teacher-student communication games: Some experiments on instruction. Stanford, CA: Research Memorandum No. 94, Stanford Center of Research and Development in Teaching File 1972
B2017-0034/012(03) “What is worth knowing and what can be taught.” School Review, 82, 1 (1973): 27-43 File 1973
B2017-0034/012(04) “Media and symbols: The forms of expression, communication, and education.” The 73rd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1974. Review File 1974
B2017-0034/012(05) “The Language of Experience.” Draft File 1975
B2017-0034/012(06) “The languages of instruction: The literate bias of schooling.” In R. Anderson, R. Spira & W. Montague (Eds.) Schooling and the acquisition of knowledge (pp. 65-89). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. 1977 File 1977
B2017-0034/012(07) Olson, D.R. and Hildyard, A. (1977) “On the mental representation of oblique orientation.” Canadian Journal of Psychology, 31 (1), 3-13 File 1977
B2017-0034/012(08) “From utterance to text: the bias of language in speech and writing.” Harvard Educational Review, 47, 3 (August 1977): 257-281 File 1977
B2017-0034/012(09) “The formalization of linguistic rules: Some comments on the paper by Derwing and Baker.” In J. Macnamara (Ed.) Language, learning, and thought. New York: Academic Press. 1977 File 1977
B2017-0034/012(10) “Oral and written language and the cognitive processes of children.” Journal of Communication, 27(3), (1977): 10-26 File 1977
B2017-0034/012(11) “Assent and compliance in children’s language comprehension.” In Proceedings of Theoretical Issues in Natural Language Processing (TINLAP-2) Urbana, IL: University of Illinois. 1978 File 1978
B2017-0034/012(12) Olson, D.R. Nickerson N. (1978) “Language development through the school years: Learning to confine interpretation to the information in the text.” In K. Nelson (Ed.) Children’s language: Vol. 1. New York: Gardner Press, Inc. File 1978
B2017-0034/012(13) “Speech and writing: Does the structure of writing affect the structure of language?” Unpublished. File 1979
B2017-0034/012(14) The Social Foundations of language and thought: Essays in honour of Jerome S. Bruner. New York: Norton, 1980. Notes, correspondence File 1979-1980
B2017-0034/012(15) “On the language and authority of textbooks.” Journal of Communication, 30, 1 (March 1980): 186-196 File 1980
B2017-0034/013(01) “Some social aspects of meaning in oral and written language.” In D.R. Olson (Ed) The social foundations of language and thought: Essays in honor of Jerome S. Bruner. New York: WW. Norton, 1980 File 1980
B2017-0034/013(02) Incomplete Olson/Bruner paper. “Some reasons for some reasons” File 1979-1980
B2017-0034/013(03) “On the language and authority of textbooks.” Journal of Communication, 30, (1980): 186-196 File 1980
B2017-0034/013(04) Olson, D.R., Torrance, N., & Hildyard, A. (Eds.) (1985) Literacy, language, and learning: The nature and consequences of reading and writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Correspondence, notes File 1980-1985
B2017-0034/013(05) van Holthoon, F. & D.R. Olson (Eds.) (1987) Common sense: The foundations for social experience. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. Essay drafts and notes File 1980-1987
B2017-0034/013(06) Olson, D.R., Hildyard, A. (1981) “Assent and compliance in children’s language.” In W.P. Dickson (Ed.) Children’s oral communication skills (pp. 313-335) New York: Academic Press File 1981
B2017-0034/013(07) “The consequences of television.” Interchange, 12, 1, (1981): 53-60 File 1981
B2017-0034/013(08) “Children’s knowledge of some of the distinctive properties of written languages.” Draft. File 1981
B2017-0034/013(09) Olson, D.R., Bialystok, E. (1983). Spatial cognition: The structure and development of the mental representation of spatial relations. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Correspondence, notes File 1981-1983
B2017-0034/013(10) Olson, D.R., Bialystok, E. (1983) Spatial cognition: The structure of the mental representation of spatial relations. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Correspondence, notes File 1981-1983
B2017-0034/013(11) The language of schooling. Topics in Language Disorders, 2, 4, (1982): 1-12 File 1982
B2017-0034/013(12) The world on paper: The conceptual and cognitive implications of writing and reading. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1994. Correspondence, review File 1982-1997
B2017-0034/013(13) Hildyard, A., Olson, D.R. (1982) “On the comprehension and memory of oral vs. written discourse.” In D. Tannen (Ed.) Advances in discourse processes: Vol. 9. Spoken and written language: Exploring orality and literacy (pp. 19-33). Norwood: Ablex Publishing Co. File 1982
B2017-0034/013(14) Report on untitled D.R. Olson manuscript File 1982
B2017-0034/013(15) Olson, D.R., Hildyard, A. (1983) “Writing and literal meaning.” In M. Martlew (Ed.) The psychology of writing. (pp. 41-65). New York: Wiley File 1983
B2017-0034/013(16) Robinson, E. Goelman, H. & Olson, D.R. (1983) “Children’s understanding of the relationship between expression (what was said) and intentions (what was meant).” British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 75-86 File 1983
B2017-0034/013(17) Olson, D.R., Torrance, N.G. (1983) Writing and criticizing texts. In B. Kroll & G. Wells (Eds.) Explorations in the development of writing (pp. 31-42) Chichester, UK: Wiley File 1983
B2017-0034/013(18) Olson, D.R. & Hildyard, A. (1983) “Literacy and the comprehension and expression of literal meaning.” In F. Coulmas and K. Ehlich (Eds.) Writing in focus. (pp. 291-325) New York: Mouton. Draft File 1983
B2017-0034/014(01) Olson, D.R., Bialystok, E. (1983) Spatial Cognition: The Structure and Development of Mental Representations of Spatial Relations. New York: Psychology Press, 1983 File 1983
B2017-0034/014(02) “What would be the consequences for educational theory if we took the notion of childhood intentionality seriously?” Draft File 1983
B2017-0034/014(03) Literacy, Language and Learning: The nature and consequences of reading and writing. Ed. David R. Olson, Nancy Torrance, and Angela Hildyard. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Review File 1985-1988
B2017-0034/014(04) “Schooling and the transformation of common sense.” In F. van Holthoon and D. Olson (Eds.) Common sense: The foundations for social science. (pp. 319-344). Lanham, MD: University Press of America. 1997 File 1987
B2017-0034/014(05) Astington, J.W., Harris, P.L., Olson, D.R. (Eds.) (1988) Developing theories of mind. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Memorandum of agreement with Cambridge University Press File 1987
B2017-0034/014(06) van Holthoon, F. & D.R. Olson (Eds.) Common sense: The foundations for social science. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. Review File 1987
B2017-0034/014(07) “The literacy problem: Myths and reality.” The Toronto Globe & Mail, August 15 1988, p. A7 File 1988
B2017-0034/014(08) “Mind and media: the epistemic functions of literacy.” Journal of Communication, 38, 3 (1988): 27-36 File 1988