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Relational and Structural Components in Verbal Elaboration with Young Children.

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Turnure, James E.; Thurlow, Martha L. – 1973

Language development in preschool children was studied using pairs of pictures with three types of verbal elaboration formed for each pair. After a training trial thirty children listened to one of three types of elaboration (simple sentence, compound or complex sentence, and paragraph). They were asked to name the corresponding response item.…

Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Paired Associate Learning, Preschool Children

Elaboration Structure and List Length Effects on Verbal Elaboration Phenomena

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Thurlow, Martha L.; Turnure, James E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972

Study investigated the effects of task difficulty on the paired-associate learning of retardates when extended elaboration conditions are employed. (Authors)

Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Mild Mental Retardation, Paired Associate Learning, Recall (Psychology)