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Examining the Associations between Children's Receptive Language Skills and Developmental Domains in the United States and Turkey
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Guler Yildiz, Tulin; Gonen, Mubeccel; Ulker Erdem, Ayca; Garcia, Aileen; Raikes, Helen; Acar, Ibrahim H.; Burcak, Firdevs; Turan, Figen; Can Gul, Sadiye; Davis, Dawn – Journal of Child Language, 2019
This study examined the relations between receptive language development and other developmental domains of preschoolers from low-income families, through an inter-cultural perspective involving the United States and Turkey. A total of 471 children and their caregivers participated in Turkey, while 287 participated in the United States. Children's…
Descriptors: Correlation, Receptive Language, Preschool Children, Low Income
A Sample Lesson Study with Pre-School Teachers: Dialogic Story Reading Bags
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Tepetas Cengiz, Gülüzar Sule – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2020
The Lesson Study is a professional development model that places teachers at the center of practice and is used in the professional development of teachers who are currently in teacher training or currently in service. In Turkey, the professional development of teachers from various branches is also supported by using this model. However, no…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Story Reading
The Relationship between Perspective Taking Skills and Language Development in Preschool Children
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Emen, Meltem; Aslan, Durmus – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2019
Perspective taking is a fundamental skill that helps us to understand others' thoughts, feelings and perceptions. Past studies have shown that there were significant relations between young children's perspective taking abilities and age, gender, formal schooling and socioeconomic status. The present study was conducted to investigate the…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development, Preschool Children
Impacts of Dialogical Storybook Reading on Young Children's Reading Attitudes and Vocabulary Development
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Kotaman, Huseyin – Reading Improvement, 2020
The current study assessed the impact of parents' dialogical storybook reading on their children's receptive vocabulary and reading attitudes. Forty parents and their preschoolers participated in the study. Parents were randomly assigned to experimental or control groups. The experimental group received dialogical storybook reading training.…
Descriptors: Story Reading, Parent Child Relationship, Reading Attitudes, Receptive Language
Assessing the Link between Executive Functions and Aggressive Behaviours of Children Who Are Deaf: Impact of Early Special Education
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Sipal, Rafet Firat; Bayhan, Pinar – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2010
Introduction: Relation between constructing complex mental structures and language skills cause delays in development of executive functions of deaf children. When the importance of language skills in development of executive functions and frequency of aggressive behaviours of deaf children are considered, investigation of executive functions of…
Descriptors: Aggression, Cognitive Processes, Child Behavior, Deafness
Impacts of Dialogical Storybook Reading on Young Children's Reading Attitudes and Vocabulary Development
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Kotaman, Huseyin – Reading Improvement, 2013
The current study assessed the impact of parents' dialogical storybook reading on their children's receptive vocabulary and reading attitudes. Forty parents and their preschoolers participated in the study. Parents were randomly assigned to experimental or control groups. The experimental group received dialogical storybook reading training.…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Attitudes, Young Children, Story Reading