Children's acquisition of science terms: Simple exposure is insufficient

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 577-594

  Dockrell, Julie E ^a   Braisby, Nick ^b   Best, Rachel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domain knowledge; Fast mapping; Learning; Science; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448981363     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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