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Direct linkKachergis, George; Yu, Chen; Shiffrin, Richard M. – Cognitive Science, 2017
Prior research has shown that people can learn many nouns (i.e., word--object mappings) from a short series of ambiguous situations containing multiple words and objects. For successful cross-situational learning, people must approximately track which words and referents co-occur most frequently. This study investigates the effects of allowing…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Theory, Context Effect, Familiarity
Dinsmore, Daniel L.; Alexander, Patricia A. – Educational Psychology Review, 2012
The prevailing assumption by some that deep processing promotes stronger learning outcomes while surface processing promotes weaker learning outcomes has been called into question by the inconsistency and ambiguity of results in investigations of the relation between levels of processing and performance. The purpose of this literature review is to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Investigations, Literature Reviews
