New research from Northwestern University shows 15-month-old infants can learn words for objects they've never seen. This ...

We start to talk before we can read, so hearing words, and getting familiar with their sounds, is obviously a critical part of learning a language. But in order to read, and especially in order to ...

Pleasure of learning new words Date: October 24, 2014 Source: Universidad de Barcelona Summary: From our very first years, we are intrinsically motivated to learn new words and their meanings ...

Children must be able to read words like “a,” “and,” “not,” “now,” and “come,” said Kari Kurto, the national science of reading project director at the Reading League, an ...

Two general types of accounts have been offered to explain the smartness of young children's word learning. One account postulates that children enter the word-learning task with specific knowledge ...

Learning logs are a way to help demonstrate concrete evidence of learning, but some models need modernization, teacher Bill Tolley writes.

Difficulty learning nonsense words may indicate a child's high risk of dyslexia Studies show disorder is linked to the left cerebral hemisphere, and that confidence can help kids overcome ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Children's natural learning of word meanings while reading was investigated in a study involving 447 American and Chinese children in third ...

Students asked to write words showed greater connectivity across the brain than when they typed them, suggesting writing may be a better boost for memory.