TY - JOUR
T1 - Implications of fast mapping for vocabulary expansion in individuals with mental retardation
AU - Wilkinson, Krista M.
AU - Green, Gina
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for the research and manuscript preparation was supported by NICHD grant HD 25995. Parts of this paper were presented at the Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities (Gatlinburg, TN, March 1996) and the Annual Conference of the Amer- ican Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Seattle, WA, November 1996). The authors thank Kathy Clark, Julie Jeffery, and Steve Rivers for assistance with data collection and the teachers and participants at the May Center, the Learning Center, and the New England Center for Children.
PY - 1998/9
Y1 - 1998/9
N2 - Vocabulary expansion is one common goal of intervention programs for individuals with mental retardation and communication impairments. A developmental phenomenon called "fast mapping," in which children acquire an initial understanding of a new word's meaning after only brief exposure to that word, may provide avenues for exploring processes in rapid vocabulary expansion. This paper describes experimental analysis of how fast mapping might facilitate multiple-word learning in 10 participants with moderate/severe mental retardation.
AB - Vocabulary expansion is one common goal of intervention programs for individuals with mental retardation and communication impairments. A developmental phenomenon called "fast mapping," in which children acquire an initial understanding of a new word's meaning after only brief exposure to that word, may provide avenues for exploring processes in rapid vocabulary expansion. This paper describes experimental analysis of how fast mapping might facilitate multiple-word learning in 10 participants with moderate/severe mental retardation.
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U2 - 10.1080/07434619812331278336
DO - 10.1080/07434619812331278336
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032162651
SN - 0743-4618
VL - 14
SP - 162
EP - 170
JO - AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
JF - AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
IS - 3
ER -