NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Laws, Policies, & Programs
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 8 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gendler-Shalev, Hila; Dromi, Esther – Journal of Child Language, 2022
This article presents data on lexical development of 881 Israeli Hebrew-speaking monolingual toddlers ages 1;0 to 2;0. A Web-based version of the Hebrew MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (H-MB-CDI) was used for data collection. Growth curves for expressive vocabulary, receptive vocabulary, actions and gestures were…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Acquisition, Toddlers, Computer Assisted Testing
Nores, Milagros; Harmeyer, Erin; Connors-Tadros, Lori; Li, Zijia; Contreras, Carol – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducted a landscape evaluation of early childhood programs in Indiana (IN) between the spring of 2021 and the summer of 2022. Commissioned by Early Learning Indiana (ELI), this study provides Indiana programs and policymakers with research-based information on the quality of a sample of…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cadime, Irene; Silva, Carla; Ribeiro, Iolanda; Viana, Fernanda Leopoldina – First Language, 2018
The aim of this study was to analyse the existence of differences in lexical development as a function of day care attendance and maternal education. Data were collected using the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Sentences. The reports of 2084 toddlers were analysed. The results for toddlers older than 24 months…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Child Care, Mothers, Parent Background
Nores, Milagros; Harmeyer, Erin; Connors-Tadros, Lori; Li, Zijia – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducted a landscape evaluation of early childhood programs in Indiana (IN) between the spring of 2021 and the summer of 2022. The evaluation included assessments of infant, toddler, and preschooler children's developmental status in multiple domains at two time points to measure growth.…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Status, Early Childhood Education
Masek, Lillian R.; Patterson, Sarah J.; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Bakeman, Roger; Adamson, Lauren B.; Owen, Margaret Tresch; Pace, Amy; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy – Grantee Submission, 2020
Infants from low-socioeconomic status (SES) households hear a projected 30 million fewer words than their higher-SES peers. In a recent study, Hirsh-Pasek et al. (Psychological Science, 2015; 26: 1071) found that in a low-income sample, fluency and connectedness in exchanges between caregivers and toddlers predicted child language a year later…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Social Differences, Child Language, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hammer, Carol Scheffner; Morgan, Paul; Farkas, George; Hillemeier, Marianne; Bitetti, Dana; Maczuga, Steve – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: This study was designed to (a) identify sociodemographic, pregnancy and birth, family health, and parenting and child care risk factors for being a late talker at 24 months of age; (b) determine whether late talkers continue to have low vocabulary at 48 months; and (c) investigate whether being a late talker plays a unique role in…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Influences, Pregnancy, Family Environment, Parenting Styles
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Urm, Ada; Tulviste, Tiia – First Language, 2016
The vocabulary size of 16- to 30-month-old children (N = 1235) was assessed using the Estonian adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Sentences (ECDI-II). The relationship between children's expressive vocabulary size and different factors of the child and his/her social environment was examined. Results…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Toddlers, Vocabulary Development, Gender Differences
Boston Medical Center, MA. Doc4Kids Project. – 2002
Suggesting that very young children spend every waking minute getting ready for kindergarten, this videotape for caregivers and early childhood teachers shows how to support early literacy skill development by sharing stories, relationships, and books with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in care and education settings. The 25-minute videotape…
Descriptors: Books, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Care, Child Development