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Sutter, Judith C.; Johnson, Cynthia J. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1990
The study investigated the ability of 60 children, age 6-8, to monitor grammaticality in the past progressive, perfect progressive, and perfect verb forms. Children achieved a significantly higher rate of accurate judgments monitoring grammatical forms than ungrammatical forms. Context surrounding ungrammatical verb forms and child's age…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Context Effect, Grammar, Language Acquisition
Wheeler, Edyth J. – 1994
Recent theory and research suggest that peer conflict contributes to children's development and represents an important form of social interaction. Research has identified structural features of children's conflict as issues, such as control of objects or physical space; strategies, including aggressive and nonaggressive physical and verbal…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Conflict
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Sommers, Ronald K. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
The study evaluated prediction of language quality using 3 approaches (neurodevelopmental, cognitive, and combination) with 37 developmentally delayed children (ages 5-9). Results indicated that these children had language and speech delays that showed substantial relationships to their verbal cognitive abilities and fine motor skills, in addition…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Delayed Speech, Developmental Disabilities