Word acquisition, retention, and transfer: Findings from contextual and isolated word training

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-56

  Martin Chang, Sandra Lyn ^a,b   Levy, Betty Ann ^a   O'Neil, Sara ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Context; Contextual facilitation; Reading; Retention; Transfer; Whole language

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33750998505     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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