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Peer reviewedOlson, David R.; Torrance, Nancy – Discourse Processes, 1987
Suggests a parallelism between children's mastery of mental language and their thinking about the world. Recounts a study in which children's mastery of verbs was measured and a relationship between reading skill and looking to the text to justify answers was established. (AEW)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Psychology, Interpretive Skills, Language Research
