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Biliteracy among Children and Youths
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Reyes, Iliana – Reading Research Quarterly, 2012
The dual purposes of this review are, first, to synthesize the extant research on biliteracy, focusing particularly on children and youths and, second, to clarify key terms and phenomena in this developing field. The review is organized into three areas of research: (1) individual biliteracy development, (2) biliteracy in family and community…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Synthesis, Multiple Literacies, Literature Reviews
A Review of Some Individual- and Community-Level Effect Size Indices for the Study of Risk Factors for Child and Adolescent Development.
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Mason, Craig A.; Scott, Keith G.; Chapman, Derek A.; Tu, Shihfen – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2000
Discusses the computation and application of various epidemiological measures of effect in educational and developmental research. Reviews issues related to the use and interpretation of the risk-ratio, the odds-ratio, and the logistic regression odds-ratio and examines community-level measures of effect. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Community Characteristics
Depending on the Kindness of Strangers: Current National Data Initiatives and Developmental Research.
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Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Berlin, Lisa J.; Leventhal, Tama; Fuligni, Allison Sidle – Child Development, 2000
Reviews current large-scale, longitudinal studies focusing on children. Describes the data collected, including child outcomes, process-oriented information on child-parent interactions, child care quality, parental mental health, family violence, fathering, employment patterns, and community characteristics. Notes that several studies incorporate…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Characteristics, Data Collection, Developmental Psychology