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Peer reviewedRichards, Meredith M. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1979
Clark's Semantic Feature Acquisition theory of semantic development is reviewed and evaluated against the recent experimental literature with special reference to the acquisition of English antonyms. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Children, Hypothesis Testing, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Competence
Peer reviewedO'Brien, David P.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1989
Three experiments investigated children's typical errors in judging the truth of universally quantified conditional sentences containing "P and not-Q." The error survived on sentences referring to particular things. For second- and fifth-graders, the error survived for nonuniversally quantified conditionals, and for second-graders, the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Grade 2, Grade 5
Peer reviewedYuille, John C. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1973
Results of this study offer clear evidence that the verb facilitation effect in children's associative learning is not dependent on the presentation of a consistent verb connective. (Author)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary School Students, Paired Associate Learning, Recall (Psychology)
Peer reviewedThurlow, Martha L.; Turnure, James E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Study investigated the effects of task difficulty on the paired-associate learning of retardates when extended elaboration conditions are employed. (Authors)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Mild Mental Retardation, Paired Associate Learning, Recall (Psychology)
