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Direct linkSavill, Nicola; Cornelissen, Piers; Whiteley, Junior; Woollams, Anna; Jefferies, Elizabeth – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2019
According to contemporary accounts, linguistic behavior reflects the interaction of distinct representations supporting word meaning and phonology. However, there is controversy about the extent to which this interaction occurs within task-specific systems, specialized for reading and short-term memory (STM), as opposed to between components that…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Short Term Memory, Semantics, Language Processing
Christ, Tanya; Wang, X. Christine; Chiu, Ming Ming – Reading Psychology, 2017
This study explores how child and text clues were related to 31 kindergarteners' word-meaning derivation outcomes for 372 words presented in books read aloud to children. Data were analyzed using a multilevel, cross-classification, ordered logit model. Children showed no word-meaning derivation 40% of the time, indicating a need for instruction.…
Descriptors: Semantics, Young Children, Reading Aloud to Others, Kindergarten
Hill, Margaret S.; Wagovich, Stacy A.; Manfra, Louis – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2017
Most vocabulary growth during the school-age years occurs incidentally. However, little is understood about the influence of language skills on word knowledge growth during reading. Using a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design, we examined incidental word learning through reading, considering the presence/absence of supportive context and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Language Aptitude, Learning Processes, Oral Language
deSilva, W. A. – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1978
The way students, aged 12 through 16, ascribed meaning to coded words representing historical terms, based on contextual clues, was studied. Intelligence, grammatical ability, cultural background, and interest in history were also examined. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Concept Formation, Context Clues
