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Bialystok, Ellen; Hawrylewicz, Kornelia; Grundy, John G.; Chung-Fat-Yim, Ashley – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Early research that relied on standardized assessments of intelligence reported negative effects of bilingualism for children, but a study by Peal and Lambert (1962) reported better performance by bilingual than monolingual children on verbal and nonverbal intelligence tests. This outcome led to the view that bilingualism was a positive…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Intelligence Tests, Monolingualism
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Bialystok, Ellen; Shorbagi, Sadek Hefni – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2021
In contrast to research that examines the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and bilingualism on development by comparing clearly disparate groups, the present study investigated the role of subtle differences in these experiences for their joint impact on performance on a verbal fluency task and an executive function (EF) task. The study…
Descriptors: Young Children, Socioeconomic Status, Bilingualism, Differences