Children aged two to three acquire language more rapidly without teaching than college students taught by methods derived from older psychology¶

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Subclaims¶

q1 i? The child of two to three years, without specific teaching, makes more rapid progress in language acquisition than college students taught under approved older-psychology methods. → E. A. Kirkpatrick 1910

Evidence¶

E. A. Kirkpatrick 1910¶

E. A. Kirkpatrick. (1910). The Point of View of Genetic Psychology. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0074078

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

The author's assertion offered as one consequence of the fact that the developing mind cannot function as experts' minds do. The article reports no measurements, samples or studies supporting this comparison.

"the child in the period from two to three years, makes, without any specific teaching whatever, more rapid progress in the acquisition of language than is ever made by college students who are taught according to the most approved theories of the older psychology."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Age and Developmental Stage — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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