Descriptor
| Symbolic Learning | 2 |
| Verbal Learning | 2 |
| Age Differences | 1 |
| Classification | 1 |
| Cognitive Development | 1 |
| Deafness | 1 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Infants | 1 |
| Language Acquisition | 1 |
| Oral Language | 1 |
| Pictorial Stimuli | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 2 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Knobloch-Gala, Anna; Kaiser-Grodecka, Irmina – 1984
Thirty hearing impaired students (11-14 years old) participated in a study to measure classification principles using demonstration or display of labels containing relevant words or iconic signs. Three methods of teaching classificatory principles were employed: demonstration, verbal labels, or iconic labels. Analysis of mistakes made by Ss…
Descriptors: Classification, Deafness, Elementary Education, Pictorial Stimuli
Download full textNamy, Laura L. – 1997
Three experiments examined the relation between language acquisition and other symbolic abilities in 18- and 26-month old infants. Infants' ability to learn either words or symbolic gestures as names for object categories were compared across age groups. Findings indicated that infants at both ages learned novel words as symbols for object…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Infants, Language Acquisition
