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James, Emma; Gaskell, M. Gareth; Pearce, Rhiannon; Korell, Caroline; Dean, Charlotte; Henderson, Lisa M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
Children and adults benefit from a new word's phonological neighbors during explicit vocabulary instruction, suggesting that related prior knowledge can support new learning. This study examined the influence of lexical neighborhood structure during incidental word learning--limiting opportunities for strategically engaging prior knowledge--and…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Vocabulary Development, Incidental Learning, Visual Aids