CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fast mapping works by students making connections with words to items by inferring the meanings. Children will infer the meanings of words based on visuals and context clues. Children will be able to gain at least a part of the meaning of words from how they are used in a sentence by the adults around them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fast-mapping is the ability to acquire a word rapidly on the basis of minimal information. As proposed by Carey (1978), we assume that children are able to achieve fast-mapping because their initial word meanings are skeletal placeholders that will be extended gradually over time.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fast mapping is a rapid process by which children hear a word and connect it with a general understanding of the concept (Carey & Bartlett, 1978). This often occurs when talking to a child about their immediate environment and labeling the objects in this environment.

Detailed explanation-4: -The process of rapidly learning a new word by contrasting it with a familiar word. This is an important tool that children use during language acquisition. An example would be presenting a young child with two toy animals-one a familiar creature (a dog) and one unfamiliar (a platypus).