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Direct linkGrassmann, Susanne; Tomasello, Michael – Developmental Science, 2010
Adults refer young children's attention to things in two basic ways: through the use of pointing (and other deictic gestures) and words (and other linguistic conventions). In the current studies, we referred young children (2- and 4-year-olds) to things in conflicting ways, that is, by pointing to one object while indicating linguistically (in…
Descriptors: Young Children, Competition, Language Acquisition, Adults
Peer reviewedPershey, Monica Gordon; Gilbert, Thomas W. – Mental Retardation, 2002
This case study of an adult with developmental disabilities and no educational history reports on the successful literacy tutoring method used, which entails echo reading of brief passages and moving from holistic recognition of print to analysis of decoding and spelling. This approach contrasts with methods that first use small units of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Case Studies, Decoding (Reading)
