Study: Kids learn words best by working out the meaning

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A Johns Hopkins study shows toddlers learn better when they have to puzzle meanings of words out for themselves.

Senior student Meredith Brinster?s original research suggests learning words by inference is more powerful for 3-year-olds than being told their meaning.

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