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Peer reviewedWhittaker, S. J.; Robinson, E. J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1987
Analysis of naturalistic data identified features of adult-child talk which occurred frequently at school but rarely at home. One of these features--question sequences intended to elicit an answer--was used in an intervention study and was found to promote young children's understanding of ambiguity in verbal messages. (PCB)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
