A multi-study examination of the role of repeated spaced retrieval in the word learning of children with developmental language disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many children with developmental language disorders (DLD) have well-documented weaknesses in vocabulary. In recent years, investigators have explored the nature of these weaknesses through the use of novel word learning paradigms. These studies have begun to uncover specific areas of difficulty and have provided hints about possible intervention strategies that might help these children learn words more accurately and efficiently. Among the studies of this type are those that incorporate repeated spaced retrieval activities in the learning procedures.

Methods

In this study, we examined the data from four of these studies that employed the same types of participants (4- and 5-year-old children with DLD and same-age children with typical language development), resea

SUBMITTER: Leonard LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8126157 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature