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ERIC Number: EJ306024
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Development of Children's Understanding of the Metalinguistic Term "Word."
Bowey, Judith A.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v76 n3 p500-12 Jun 1984
Three experiments were designed to test preschool, first, and second graders' understanding of the term "word." A modified aural discrimination task required children to discriminate word from nonword stimuli. Results indicated that children's word concepts have been underestimated. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Listening Comprehension Tests, Primary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Metalinguistic Awareness; Words
Note: This work was supported by grants from the Tertiary Education Commission and the Education Research and Development Committee (Australia).