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Clusters of word properties as predictors of elementary school children's performance on two word tasks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2011

AGNES TELLINGS ,
KARIEN COPPENS ,
JOHN GELISSEN  and
ROB SCHREUDER
AGNES TELLINGS*
Affiliation:
Radboud University
KARIEN COPPENS
Affiliation:
Radboud University
JOHN GELISSEN
Affiliation:
Tilburg University
ROB SCHREUDER
Affiliation:
Radboud University
*
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE Agnes Tellings, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Montessorilaan 3, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands. E-mail: a.tellings@ru.nl
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Abstract

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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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , May 2013 , pp. 461 - 481
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011 

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