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Developmental Trends in Lexical Decisions for Abstract and Concrete Words. Reading Research Report No. 1.
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Schwanenflugel, Paula J.; Akin, Carolyn E. – 1993
Two experiments examined developmental trends in children's lexical decisions for abstract and concrete words. The first experiment examined children's on-line comprehension of abstract and concrete words. Subjects were 15 second or third graders and 15 college adults at the University of Georgia. The second experiment provided a stronger test of…
Descriptors: College Students, Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Developmental Stages