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Direct linkBiemiller, Andrew; Rosenstein, Mark; Sparks, Randall; Landauer, Thomas K.; Foltz, Peter W. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2014
Determining word meanings that ought to be taught or introduced is important for educators. A sequence for vocabulary growth can be inferred from many sources, including testing children's knowledge of word meanings at various ages, predicting from print frequency, or adult-recalled Age of Acquisition. A new approach, Word Maturity, is based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Natural Language Processing, Word Frequency
Marinellie, Sally A. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2010
The ability to define a word with accuracy and precision is an important skill that has been associated with academic achievement. This study investigated the feasibility of conducting a lesson on formal word definitions to improve children's definitional production. The participants were 18 children in grade 4 (mean age: 9 years; 8 months) who…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Verbs, Nouns, Definitions
