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Matthews, Danielle; Lieven, Elena; Tomasello, Michael – Child Development, 2007
This training study investigates how children learn to refer to things unambiguously. Two hundred twenty-four children aged 2.6, 3.6, and 4.6 years were pre- and post-tested for their ability to request stickers from a dense array. Between test sessions, children were assigned to a training condition in which they (a) asked for stickers from an…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Communication Skills, Transfer of Training, Pretests Posttests