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Nina Crespo Allende; Maria Luisa Silva; Jeannette Sepúlveda Toro; Carola Alvarado Barra – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2024
This study compares the use of reporting speech devices (RS) in narrative retells by Spanish-speaking children with (and without) Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). We assessed 50 7-year-old children (25 with DLD and 25 with TD) and analyzed the narrative retells' length and the RS forms introduced by children. In addition, we considered the…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Young Children, Spanish Speaking
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Alejandra Abufhele; Agustina Laurito – Child Development, 2024
This paper estimates the acute effect of community-level homicides on early childhood language development and explores the moderating role of maternal efficacy and satisfaction in Chile. It uses data from the 2017 wave of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey of Chilean Children (N = 1194, M[subscript age]: 52.8 months, 52% girls). Children in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Language Acquisition, Early Experience
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Gómez Muzzio, Esteban – Volta Review, 2022
Preliminary findings from a follow-up study of 33 children, assessed for their socioemotional development from 18 months of age, are presented. At 77 months, they were evaluated again in a laboratory context, recording on video a situation of discussion of a conflict with the caregiver and then coding these videos using the CIB instrument.…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Communication, Age Differences
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Aldoney, Daniela; Prieto, Fernanda – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2023
Maternal and paternal involvement are an important predictor of child development. In the current study, we describe the cognitive and affective involvement of parents with their three-year-old children in a sample of 115 Chilean parents of medium/low socioeconomic status. Additionally, we analysed differences in the level of involvement of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Mothers, Fathers
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Espinoza, Victoria; Santa Cruz, Catalina; Rosas, Ricardo – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2022
There is resounding evidence of the existence of direct precursors of written language, most specifically phonological awareness, letter knowledge, vocabulary, and oral comprehension. The initial differences identified in the development of written language precursors are directly related to subsequent students' academic trajectories.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Written Language, Language Acquisition, Socioeconomic Status
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Telias, Amanda; Narea, Marigen; Abufhele, Alejandra – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
Maternal education is associated with early child outcomes. However, the several mechanisms that may explain this relationship remain underexplored. Using data from 1,097 children aged 12-15 months in Chile, we estimate the maternal education gap across child cognitive and language outcomes. Following a bioecological perspective, we explore…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Mothers, Parent Education
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Narea, Marigen; Cumsille, Patricio; Allel, Kasim – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
There are contrasting results of the association between center-based care attendance and child development, mainly related to how the time of entry and permanence in the program relates to developmental outcomes. Using latent class analysis in a nationally representative sample of Chilean children between 6 and 35 months old (n = 3,992), and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Child Care, Child Care Centers
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Susperreguy, María Inés; Di Lonardo Burr, Sabrina; Xu, Chang; Douglas, Heather; LeFevre, Jo-Anne – Child Development, 2020
This study investigated the longitudinal associations between children's early mathematics and their home numeracy environment (HNE). Chilean children from families who varied widely in socioeconomic status were assessed at the beginning and end of prekindergarten in 2016 (N = 419, M[subscript age] = 4:7 [years:months]), and at the end of…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Family Environment, Numeracy
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Farkas, Chamarrita – Early Education and Development, 2019
This article examines similarities and differences in Chilean teachers' competences, which were organized into profiles, and the associations of these profiles with children's language development. Teacher-child interactions were assessed when the children were 12 (n=99) and 30 months old (n=73), using the Adult Sensitivity Scale, the Evaluation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Competencies, Language Acquisition, Young Children
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Ancatén González, Carlos; Montes, Rodrigo; Gutiérrez-Rojas, Cristian – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2017
The present pilot study aimed to determine motor control alterations in children with ADHD belonging to public schools, using Da Fonseca's Psychomotor Battery (BPM). This was a descriptive cross-sectional comparative study. The sample consisted of two groups, each group composed of 15 children between 7 and 9 years old belonging to public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Psychomotor Skills, Neurological Impairments
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Mesman, Judi; van IJzendoorn, Marinus; Behrens, Kazuko; Carbonell, Olga Alicia; Cárcamo, Rodrigo; Cohen-Paraira, Inbar; de la Harpe, Christian; Ekmekçi, Hatice; Emmen, Rosanneke; Heidar, Jailan; Kondo-Ikemura, Kiyomi; Mels, Cindy; Mooya, Haatembo; Murtisari, Sylvia; Nóblega, Magaly; Ortiz, Jenny Amanda; Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham; Sichimba, Francis; Soares, Isabel; Steele, Howard; Steele, Miriam; Pape, Marloes; van Ginkel, Joost; van der Veer, René; Wang, Lamei; Selcuk, Bilge; Yavuz, Melis; Zreik, Ghadir – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
In this article, we test the hypothesis that beliefs about the ideal mother are convergent across cultures and that these beliefs overlap considerably with attachment theory's notion of the sensitive mother. In a sample including 26 cultural groups from 15 countries around the globe, 751 mothers sorted the Maternal Behavior Q-Set to reflect their…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Young Children
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Limlingan, Maria Cristina – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2011
Two of the main obstacles for drawing educational comparisons consist in determining what are considered "high quality" initiatives, and finding a common tool that can adapt to differences in both structure and content, as well as to the cultural and demographic characteristics of the population it wishes to serve. This paper focuses on…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries
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Kozulin, A.; Lebeer, J.; Madella-Noja, A.; Gonzalez, F.; Jeffrey, I.; Rosenthal, N.; Koslowsky, M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The study aimed at exploring the effectiveness of cognitive intervention with the new "Instrumental Enrichment Basic" program (IE-basic), based on Feuerstein's theory of structural cognitive modifiability that contends that a child's cognitive functioning can be significantly modified through mediated learning intervention. The IE-basic…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Mental Age, Intervention, Autism
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Oberhuemer, Pamela – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2005
The early years of childhood are receiving increased public policy attention in many countries around the world. Debates on providing quality services and ensuring a good foundation for lifelong learning are generating a new interest in curriculum issues. What understandings do we have of young children? How do they access and construct knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Young Children, Lifelong Learning
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Lavanchy, Sylvia – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1993
Identifies Chilean organizations and programs concerned with the environment, and discusses human beings' responsibility for the environment, Chile's environment, and hope for the earth. Offers a philosophical rationale for environmental education in early childhood, and describes a conference on environmental education. Highlights research on…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy, Environmental Education
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