Dockrell, Julie and Braisby, Nick and Best, Rachel (2007) Children's acquisition of science terms: simple exposure is insufficient. Learning and Instruction, 17 (6). pp. 577-594. ISSN 0959-4752
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Abstract
The ability of school children (N = 233) to acquire new scientific vocabulary was examined. Children from two age groups (M = 4;8 and M = 6;5) were introduced to previously unknown words in an educational video. Word knowledge was assessed through accuracy and latency for production and comprehension over a nine month period. A draw and write task assessed acquisition of domain knowledge. Word learning was poorer than has previously been reported in the literature, and subject to influences of word type (domain-specificity) and word class. The results indicate that the acquisition of scientific terms is a complex process moderated by lexical, semantic and pragmatic factors.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Departments > Psychology and Human Development |
| Depositing User: | IOE Repository Editor (1) |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Dec 2009 11:01 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2012 22:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/id/eprint/760 |
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