Terms Flashcards
EBP
Evidence Based Practice - combines theoretical knowledge with scientific inquiry to inform decision making.
Theory
A claim or hypothesis that is repeatedly tested with a array of scientific methods
Basic Research
Focuses primarily on generating and refining the existing knowledge base
Applied Research
Addresses specific problems in society and to inform practices real vent to language development
Use inspired basic research
Concentrates on building connections between theory and practice
Language production
Theses studies help inform practitioners of children’s ability to use language expressively
Normative research
Compile data form individuals on a certain aspect of language development and them determine and chart what ages children reach milestones
Observational studies
Researchers examine children’s language use in naturalistic or semis trusted contexts, usually by a tape recorder or audio device
Language comprehension
What children understand about language
Operant conditioning
Behaviors reinforced become strengthened and behaviors that are punished become supressed
Overgeneralized
When a child makes irregular past tense verbs
Syntactic bootstrapping
Process in which children use syntactic frames surrounding unknown verbs to successfully constrain possible interpretations of the verbs
Semantic bootstrapping
Children deduce grammatical structures by using word meanings they acquire from observing events around them
Prosodic bootstrapping
Infants use their sensitivity to the acoustic properties of speech to make inferences about units of language
Connectionist researchers
Use models to represent nonlinear,dynamic,and complex development in language and other areas
Nodes
Simple processing units that can be likened to brain neurons
Prevention
Goal is to inhibit lang difficulties from emerging and thus reduce the need to resolve such difficulties later in life
Phonological awareness
Ability to focus on the sounds that make up syllables and words
Intervention and remediation
Help children adolescents and adults who exhibit difficulties with so,e aspect of lang
Enrichment
Provided enhanced language-learning environment that both builds on existing skills and promotes new and more advanced language abilities ex. Correcting an accent
