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Download full textAnderson, Richard C.; And Others – 1977
Previous research has shown that adults tend to narrow the meanings of words encountered in context, a process that has been termed instantiation. In the present study, 60 first and fourth graders selected pictures which best represented the meanings of sentences read to them. The sets of pictures included three examples of a target word in each…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Context Clues, Elementary Education
