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Schiff, Rachel; Ravid, Dorit; Levy-Shimon, Shany – Journal of Child Language, 2011
We compare learning of two inflection types--obligatory noun plurals and optional noun possessives. We tested 107 Hebrew-speaking children aged 6-7 on the same tasks at the beginning and end of first grade. Performance on both constructions improved during this short period, but plurals scored higher from the start, with improvement only in…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Literacy Education, Speech, Nouns
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Pappas, Christine C.; Varelas, Maria – Language Arts, 2009
This article presents a review of the author's long-term research in urban classrooms. The authors explore six illustrated information books created by children as culminating activities of integrated science-literacy units, Forest and Matter, that they developed, implemented, and studied in several 1st-3rd grade classrooms in Chicago Public…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Scientific Literacy, Books, Public Schools