Clusters of word properties as predictors of elementary school children’s performance on two word tasks
Tellings,A.E.J.M. Coppens,K. Gelissen,J.P.T.M. Schreuder,R.
Tellings,A.E.J.M.
Coppens,K.
Gelissen,J.P.T.M.
Schreuder,R.
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Often, the classification of words does not go beyond “difficult” (i.e., infrequent, late-learned, nonimageable, etc.) or “easy” (i.e., frequent, early-learned, imageable, etc.) words. In the present study, we used a latent cluster analysis to divide 703 Dutch words with scores for eight word properties into seven clusters of words. Each cluster represents a group of words that share a particular configuration of word properties. This model was empirically validated with three data sets from Grades 2 to 4 children who made either a lexical decision task or a use decision task with a selection of the words. Significant differences were found between the clusters of words within the three data sets. Implications for further study and for practice are discussed.
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Tellings, A E J M, Coppens, K, Gelissen, J P T M & Schreuder, R 2013, 'Clusters of word properties as predictors of elementary school children’s performance on two word tasks', Applied Psycholinguistics, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 461-481. https://doi.org/10.1017/s014271641100083x