Improving word learning in children using an errorless technique

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 456-465

  Warmington, Meesha ^a   Hitch, Graham J ^a   Gathercole, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Errorful learning; Errorless learning; Processing speed; Typically developing children; Vocabulary; Word learning; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84873314930     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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