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Peer reviewedNippold, Marilyn A.; Allen, Melissa M.; Kirsch, Dixon I. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2000
Relationships between word knowledge and proverb comprehension was examined in 150 typically achieving adolescents (ages 12, 15, and 18). Word knowledge was associated with proverb comprehension in all groups, particularly in the case of abstract proverbs. Results support a model of proverb comprehension in adolescents that includes bottom-up in…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Models
