To what extent does children’s performance on the naming task differ by linguistic
condition?

• During the immediate post test, the children in the Lexical contrast and Inference
conditions performed better on the naming task, while in the delayed post test
children in the Inference and Analogy conditions performed better on the naming task
than the children from the Lexical contrast and Definition conditions. However, the
differences were not significant. The same pattern was found for each age group
separately.

To what extent does children ^,s success on the naming task change between the immediate
and delayed post test?

• Children performed significantly better during the immediate than the delayed post
test. The same pattern was evident within each age group and linguistic condition.

To what extent does children ^,s performance on the naming task differ by their existing
vocabulary?

• There was a trend for the children with high existing vocabulary to perform better
than the children with low existing vocabulary for both post tests.

• The same pattern was found within each age group and within each linguistic
condition. Significant differences were found for the Definition group during the
delayed post test.

To what extent does children ^,s performance on the naming task differ by their phonological
memory?

• Children with high phonological memory performed better on the naming task than
the children with low phonological memory for both post tests. Significant
differences were found for the immediate post test.

• The same pattern was found within each age group, however, the differences were not
significant.

• The same pattern was found within each linguistic condition. Significant differences
were found during the immediate post test for the Inference and Contrast group.

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