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Peer reviewedAnglin, Jeremy M.; Skwarchuk, Sheri-Lynn – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1997
Developmental changes in the expression of superordinates in children's word definitions were studied with 96 elementary school students. Superordination increased significantly and changed qualitatively with age, although across grades children produced more superordinates for nouns than for adjectives or verbs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Definitions
Peer reviewedSkwarchuk, Sheri-Lynn; Anglin, Jeremy M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
To understand the development of number-word construction, students in grades 1, 3, 5, and 7 named and counted from a set of numbers into the billions in two studies. Findings are discussed both in relation to children's growing knowledge of the number system and to vocabulary development. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Numbers, Thinking Skills
Peer reviewedRayner, Keith – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1976
This investigation deals with developmental changes in children's ability to process graphological features of words. The graphological features studied were letter positions and word shape. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Age, Children, College Students, Deduction
