Testing a word is not a test of word learning

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 264-268

  Axelsson, Emma L ^a   Horst, Jessica S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fast mapping; Language acquisition; Referent selection; Task Validity; Word learning

Indexed keywords

2820; ARTICLE; FAST MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; REFERENT SELECTION; TASK VALIDITY; WORD LEARNING;

2820; FAST MAPPING; LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; REFERENT SELECTION; TASK VALIDITY; WORD LEARNING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84881346602     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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