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An Analysis of the Vocabulary and Syntax Development of Preschool Children. Mt. Druitt Early Childhood Project: Project Evaluation Report Number 7.
Belme, Jillian – 1981
The influence of five programs of the Mt. Druitt Early Childhood Project on the development of preschool children's vocabulary and syntactical skills was assessed in a pretest/posttest design. Programs differed in the amount of structure they imposed on the language experiences of the children and in the content they specified. Different measures…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
The Flynn Effect: Smarter Not Faster
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Nettelbeck, Ted; Wilson, Carlene – Intelligence, 2004
Inspection time (IT) and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) scores from 75 school children aged 6-13 years in 2001 were compared with the performances of 70 children aged 6-13 years who had attended the same primary school in 1981 ["J. Exp. Child Psychol." 40 (1985) 1.]. ITs for the 2001 sample were measured with the same four-field…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Reaction Time, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests