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Jones, Anna; Atkinson, Joanna; Marshall, Chloe; Botting, Nicola; St Clair, Michelle C.; Morgan, Gary – Child Development, 2020
Numerous studies suggest an association between language and executive function (EF), but evidence of a developmental relationship remains inconclusive. Data were collected from 75 deaf/hard-of-hearing (DHH) children and 82 hearing age-matched controls. Children were 6-11 years old at first time of testing and completed a battery of nonverbal EF…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Children
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Pham, Giang; Kohnert, Kathryn – Child Development, 2014
This longitudinal study modeled lexical development among children who spoke Vietnamese as a first language (L1) and English as a second language (L2). Participants (n = 33, initial mean age of 7.3 years) completed a total of eight tasks (four in each language) that measured vocabulary knowledge and lexical processing at four yearly time points.…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Language Acquisition, Vietnamese, English (Second Language)
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Mancilla-Martinez, Jeannette; Lesaux, Nonie K. – Child Development, 2011
This longitudinal study modeled growth rates, from ages 4.5 to 11, in English and Spanish oral language and word reading skills among 173 Spanish-speaking children from low-income households. Individual growth modeling was employed using scores from standardized measures of word reading, expressive vocabulary, and verbal short-term language…
Descriptors: Oral Language, National Norms, Reading Skills, Language Skills