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Predict and Redirect: Prediction Errors Support Children's Word Learning
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Reuter, Tracy; Borovsky, Arielle; Lew-Williams, Casey – Developmental Psychology, 2019
According to prediction-based learning theories, erroneous predictions support learning. However, empirical evidence for a relation between prediction error and children's language learning is currently lacking. Here we investigated whether and how prediction errors influence children's learning of novel words. We hypothesized that word learning…
Descriptors: Prediction, Error Patterns, Preschool Children, Language Processing
The Issue of Negative Evidence: Adult Responses to Children's Language Errors.
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Bohannon III, John Neil; Stanowicz, Laura – Developmental Psychology, 1988
When 16 parents' and 13 nonparents' conversations with children were examined for evidence of adults' differential responses to children's syntactic, phonological, and semantic errors, results indicated that adults tended to respond differentially to children's language mistakes, with parents showing greater sensitivity than non-parents. (RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Error Patterns, Language Acquisition
A Developmental Study of Errors in Memory
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Cramer, Phebe – Developmental Psychology, 1972
The possible interaction between age-relevant facilitative instructions and the occurrence of phonetic and semantic generalization was investigated. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Associative Learning, Error Patterns, Grade 1