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Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
Children at three age levels were administered Schutz and Keislar's word-span task using nouns, verbs and functors as stimuli. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Function Words, Language Acquisition
Freyd, Pamela; Baron, Jonathan – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1982
Presents study in which eighth and superior fifth graders were given a vocabulary test consisting of simple words and derived words. Results show superiority of fifth graders was greater for derived words due to their tendency to analyze these words into roots and suffixes. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, English, Grade 5
Schutz, Samuel R.; Keislar, Evan R. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged, Form Classes (Languages), Function Words
