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Newbury, Jayne; Justice, Laura M.; Jiang, Hui H.; Schmitt, Mary Beth – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: This article first aimed to examine the cognitive (rapid automatized naming, phonological awareness, working memory, nonverbal cognition, and language) correlates of reading difficulty in children with language impairment (LI). Second, we considered whether noncognitive (effortful control, social competence, and behavior problems)…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Intervention, Native Language, Prediction
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Glenn-Applegate, Katherine; Justice, Laura M.; Kaderavek, Joan – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2016
Background: Little is known about how parents and other caregivers conceptualize preschool quality, or what factors they prioritize when selecting a preschool. Caregivers of children with disabilities have the additional challenge of finding a preschool that can address their children's special needs. Objective: We explored the factors caregivers…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Decision Making, School Choice, Preschool Education
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Dobbs-Oates, Jennifer; Pentimonti, Jill M.; Justice, Laura M.; Kaderavek, Joan N. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
The present study investigates the role of attitudinal variables, such as children's literacy interest and parents' reading beliefs, in conjunction with home literacy activities (HLA), in predicting children's print-concept knowledge. The objective of the study is to test a theoretical model describing the relationship among these variables. This…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Childhood Attitudes, Preschool Children, Low Income Groups
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Dinnebeil, Laurie A.; Sawyer, Brook E.; Logan, Jessica; Dynia, Jaclyn M.; Cancio, Edward; Justice, Laura M. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2013
A comprehensive research base exists concerning the congruence between parents' and teachers' ratings of the behavior of typically developing young children. However, little research has been conducted regarding the degree to which parents' and teachers' behavioral ratings of young children with disabilities are congruent. Additionally, previous…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Young Children, Influences, Congruence (Psychology)
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Justice, Laura M.; Piasta, Shayne B.; Capps, Janet L.; Levitt, Stephanie R. – Library Quarterly, 2013
This article reports on a research study designed to identify who participates in library-based summer reading clubs (SRCs) and why they elect to do so. To address this aim, questionnaires were completed by caregivers of 246 children upon enrollment to the SRC of a metropolitan library as well as 480 youth; the questionnaire was designed to learn…
Descriptors: Clubs, Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Questionnaires