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Inference and Children's Comprehension of Pronouns.

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Wykes, Til – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981

Investigated five-year-olds' abilities to determine the reference of anaphoric pronouns. Children had difficulty when a sentence contained more than one pronoun, especially when assigning the reference of a pronoun requiring an inference. The children's difficulties stemmed from forgetting premise information and from having problems in carrying…

Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten Children, Primary Education

Elaboration Structure and List Length Effects on Verbal Elaboration Phenomena

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Thurlow, 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)