Assessing Vocabulary Acquisition Using Spaced Repetition Software

Spaced Repetition Promotes Efficient and Effective Learning

Concern that students in the United States are less proficient in mathematics, science, and reading than their peers in other countries has led some to question whether American students spend enough time in school. Instead of debating the amount of time that should be spent in school (and on schoolwork), this article addresses how the available instructional time might be optimally utilized vi...

A vocabulary acquisition framework using audio books

In this paper, we describe a framework for vocabulary acquisition using audio books. The proposed framework performs automatic alignment of text and large speech files in audio books. This enables highlighting of words and sentences during voice over. The proposed framework can be easily extended to a large number of audio books. We evaluate this framework on a set of subjects between the age o...

Running Head: NWRT and Vocabulary Using Nonword Repetition in Vocabulary Assessment

Standardized vocabulary tests have been criticized for their cultural/experiential biases and insensitivity to word learning differences. This review discusses the utility of supplementing the diagnostic process with a processing-based measure, such as a nonword repetition task. Nonword repetition tasks have been heralded as a more sensitive indicator of individual differences in vocabulary/wor...

Vocabulary Acquisition through Frequency Exposure via Reading

Nonword Repetition and Vocabulary Use in Toddlers

Purpose: There is general consensus that the ability to repeat nonsense words is related to vocabulary size in young children, but there is considerable debate about the nature of the relationship and the mechanisms that underlie it. Research with adults has proposed a shared neural substrate for nonword repetition (NWR) and language production, but this has been little explored in children. Me...