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Peer reviewedVihman, Marilyn May; Greenlee, Mel – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1987
The persistence of individual differences in phonological development of 10 normally developing children observed at age one and again at age three was studied. The children differed considerably in rate of vocabulary acquisition and relative phonological maturity and also in their general approach to learning. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Early Childhood Education, Individual Differences, Longitudinal Studies
Farr, Charlotte Webb; Collins, Norma Decker – 1992
The mechanisms by which adults acquire vocabulary and the relationship between adults' ability to acquire vocabulary and their method of processing information were the subjects of this study. Theoretical bases of the study were ideas from cognitive psychology, particularly the work of Sternberg. Subjects were preservice education majors and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Processes
Vihman, Marilyn May – 1976
A discussion of word acquisition rates and strategies is based upon a 6-month case study of an Estonian-speaking child who gradually and systematically relaxed phonotactic constraints to allow greater complexity in word production. In addition to the cognitive tools of assimilation and accomodation as described by Piaget, the child used a further…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development
