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Children's Language: Learning Words from Experience.

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Genishi, Celia – Young Children, 1988

Reviews the literature which presents theory and research that places early communicative development in the context of familiar experiences that occur over time. (BB)

Descriptors: Child Language, Class Activities, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education

Symbolization and Fallacy.

Hample, Dale – 1980

Research indicates that people have two distinct information processing modalities, one for verbal material and one for nonverbal material. The nonverbal mode is used for visual images and is characterized by creative and relatively undisciplined associations. The verbal mode deals with abstract stimuli and is restrained by logic and the need to…

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Thinking