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A Longitudinal Assessment of the Home Literacy Environment and Early Language
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Schmitt, Sara A.; Simpson, Adrianne M.; Friend, Margaret – Infant and Child Development, 2011
This longitudinal assessment concentrated on the relation between the home literacy environment (HLE) and early language acquisition during infancy and toddlerhood. In study 1, after controlling for socio-economic status, a broadly defined HLE predicted language comprehension in 50 infants. In study 2, 27 children returned for further analyses.…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Program Effectiveness, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition
Viewing Imitation as Child Responsiveness: A Link between Teaching and Discipline Domains of Socialization.
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Kochanska, Grazyna; Forman, David R. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Observed toddlers' imitation and responses to maternal control. Found that girls imitated more than boys. Responsive imitation measures were coherent and longitudinally stable, and correlated significantly with responsiveness to maternal control. Suggested that a young child's willingness to imitate parent in a teaching context and to comply in a…
Descriptors: Compliance (Psychology), Cooperation, Discipline, Imitation
Mother-Infant Interactions: A Twin Perspective.
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DiLalla, Lisabeth Fisher; Bishop, E. G. – 1997
This study examined whether the differential maternal treatment of twins affected the twins' on-task behaviors in a teaching interaction. A total of 175 mothers and their same-sex 14-month-old twins were videotaped in their homes in triads. This was repeated for 170 of the families when the children were 24 months, and for 146 of the families when…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Attention Control
Early Acquisition of Verbs in Korean: A Cross-linguistic Study.
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Choi, Soonja; Gopnik, Alison – Journal of Child Language, 1995
Investigates children's early lexical development in English and Korean and compares caregivers' linguistic input in the two languages. Results indicate that young Korean children use verbs productively with appropriate inflections and that, unlike in English, both verbs and nouns in Korean are dominant categories from the single-word stage. (39…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation
Early Maternal Behaviors during Teaching in a High Social Risk Group: A Precursor to Children's Later School Behavior.
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Kelly, Jean F. – Child Study Journal, 1996
Examined the relationship between high risk mothers' teaching interactions with their 20- and 36-month-olds, and their children's behavior in first grade. Found that maternal teaching scores were correlated with children's social behaviors as assessed by their teacher, and with children's cognitive ability as measured on a standardized…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Behavior, Cognitive Development, High Risk Students
Treatment of Early Expressive Language Delay: If, When, and How.
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Whitehurst, Grover J.; And Others – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
Twenty-seven toddlers identified as showing specific expressive language delay (ELD) were studied and followed through the preschool period. Findings indicated that home-based intervention accelerated vocabulary skills, but did not decrease the likelihood of later phonological problems. ELD was also seen as a self-correcting condition. (PB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Early Intervention, Expressive Language