Instantiation of Word Meanings in Children.

Anderson, Richard C.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1978

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Instantiation of Word Meanings in Children.

Anderson, Richard C.; And Others

Journal of Reading Behavior, v10 n2 p149-57 Sum 1978

In this study 60 first and fourth graders selected pictures that best represented the meanings of sentences read to them. Results indicated that children were instantiating the target words with specific concepts rather than bringing to mind abstract, undifferentiated meanings. (HOD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Context Clues, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Semantics, Visualization

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Language: English

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