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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Ramachandra, Vijayachandra; Hewitt, Lynne E.; Brackenbury, Tim – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2011
This study investigated the cognitive abilities needed to succeed at incidental word learning, specifically by examining the role of phonological memory and phonological sensitivity in novel word learning by 4-year-olds who were typically developing. Forty 4-year-olds were administered a test of nonword repetition (to investigate phonological…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Cartoons, Multiple Regression Analysis, Memory
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Loukusa, Soile; Ryder, Nuala; Leinonen, Eeva – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2008
This research explores, within the framework of Relevance Theory, how children's ability to answer questions and explain their answers develops between the ages of 3 and 9 years. Two hundred and ten normally developing Finnish-speaking children participated in this study. The children were asked questions requiring processing of inferential…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Familiarity, Preschool Children, Questioning Techniques
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Kurvers, Jeanne; Uri, Helene – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2006
This study explores the ability to access word boundaries of pre-school children, using an on-line methodology (Karmiloff-Smith, Grant, Sims, Jones, & Cockle (1996). "Cognition, 58", 197-219.), which has hardly been used outside English-speaking countries. In a cross-linguistic study in the Netherlands and Norway, four and five-year-old children…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Metalinguistics, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children