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Direct linkAmbridge, Ben; Theakston, Anna L.; Lieven, Elena V. M.; Tomasello, Michael – Cognitive Development, 2006
In many cognitive domains, learning is more effective when exemplars are distributed over a number of sessions than when they are all presented within one session. The present study investigated this "distributed learning effect" with respect to English-speaking children's acquisition of a complex grammatical construction. Forty-eight children…
Descriptors: Syntax, Language Research, Language Acquisition, English
