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Direct linkFrishkoff, Gwen A.; Perfetti, Charles A.; Collins-Thompson, Kevyn – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2011
We report a study of incremental learning of new word meanings over multiple episodes. A new method called MESA (Markov Estimation of Semantic Association) tracked this learning through the automated assessment of learner-generated definitions. The multiple word learning episodes varied in the strength of contextual constraint provided by…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Sentences, Semantics, Reading Skills
