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Hindman, Annemarie H.; Farrow, JeanMarie; Anderson, Kate; Wasik, Barbara A.; Snyder, Patricia A. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Child-directed speech (CDS), which can help children learn new words, has been rigorously studied among infants and parents in home settings. Yet, far less is known about the CDS that teachers use in classrooms with toddlers and children's responses, an important question because many toddlers, particularly in high-need communities, attend…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs, Story Reading
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Hindman, Annemarie H.; Wasik, Barbara A.; Erhart, Amber C. – Early Education and Development, 2012
This study examined the ways in which the language that Head Start teachers used during book reading, as well as the extent to which they made explicit connections between book reading and other instructional activities, were linked to preschoolers' vocabulary development. Participants included 10 Head Start teachers and 153 children in their…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Vocabulary Development, Reading Aloud to Others, Disadvantaged Youth