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ERIC Number: EJ315791
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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How Parents Label Objects for Young Children: The Role of Input in the Acquisition of Category Hierarchies.
Callanan, Maureen A.
Child Development, v56 n2 p508-23 Apr 1985
Reports the results of one study in which parents taught their two- to four-year-olds basic and superordinate concepts, and another, in which they taught them subordinate concepts. Parents' teaching styles were analyzed in terms of their usefulness for children who are attempting to learn about principles of hierarchical classification. (AS)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Language, Learning Processes, Parents, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Hierarchical Learning; Labeling (Of Objects)
Note: Special issue: Family Development and the Child