Performances of Young African American Children on Two Comprehension Tasks.

Craig, Holly K.; Washington, Julie A.; Thompson-Porter, Connie

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ERIC Number: EJ567398

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Performances of Young African American Children on Two Comprehension Tasks.

Craig, Holly K.; Washington, Julie A.; Thompson-Porter, Connie

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v41 n2 p445-57 Apr 1998

This investigation examined the comprehension skills of 63 urban African-American children (ages 4-6) from middle-income homes. Performances on a task designed to elicit responses to wh-questions and another to make distinctions between active and passive sentence constructions revealed grade effects and a positive relationship to age. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Dialects, Black Students, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Language Impairments, Language Processing, Preschool Education, Socioeconomic Status, Urban Environment, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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