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Download full textIreland, Vera M.; And Others – Research and Development Report (Atlanta Public Schools), 1968
A battery of cognitive, personal, and demographic tests were given to 216 children from Title I (of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) schools, with and without previous school experience, and to 31 children from non-Title I schools. The effects of prekindergarten experience upon subsequent school experience were evaluated. The Title-I…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cognitive Development, Kindergarten Children, Perceptual Development
Horner, Vivian Maryann – 1969
Concerned with educational problems associated with low socioeconomic status, this pilot study in linguistic ecology was designed to substitute hard data for speculation about the nature and frequency of verbal behavior in the world of the poor child. To avoid self-consciousness and any restrictions on movement of the subjects, a small…
Descriptors: Child Language, Disadvantaged, Ecological Factors, Environment
Meehan, Merrill L. – 1999
The Monongalia County (West Virginia) Even Start Program is a comprehensive, rural, home-based family literacy program that provides families with adult literacy education, parenting education, and early childhood education. Although all Even Start programs conduct some home visits, the Monongalia County program is unique in that home visits are…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Limited English Speaking, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedvan Kleeck, Anne – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
This article reviews the literature regarding the seeds of literacy in preschool students. Conclusions indicate that children learn many basic concepts of print communication from daily experience with its use well before any ability to decode writing emerges. Games and other everyday interactions with print are recommended for facilitating…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Learning Activities
Rogers-Warren, Ann; Warren, Steven F. – 1977
Rates of verbalizing by three children exhibiting moderate to severe language delays (delays of six months to two years) were increased through the systematic use of mands for verbalization, models for verbalization, and contingent positive consequences following utterances. Daily samples of each child's speech were collected during free play…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Contingency Management, Delayed Speech
Graham, James A.; Sell, Marie A. – 1996
Noting the importance of pragmatic behavior, or the socially-appropriate use of language, to parents of preschool children, this study examined developmental changes in the pragmatic teaching of preschoolers and differences in parents' goals for pragmatic teaching in private versus public interactions. Participating in the study were 29…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Interpersonal Communication
Gotts, Edward Earl; And Others – 1975
The role of language in conservation tasks and the development of the concept of conservation of quantity in young children are investigated in this study. A total of 50 children, aged 3.0 to 4.7 years, were divided into three groups according to age with a large number clustered around age 4.0 years. Children were randomly assigned to one of two…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
Peer reviewedSwinson, Jeremy; Ellis, Chris – British Journal of Special Education, 1988
Stories were read daily at school and home to 32 children, aged 3-10, with severe learning difficulties. After eight months, almost all of the children showed improvements in verbal comprehension greater than gains of a comparison group, and the older children showed improvements in verbal expression. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expressive Language, Intervention, Language Acquisition
Acredolo, Linda; Goodwyn, Susan – 1996
Based on research in infant sign language, this book teaches parents methods of communicating with their infants through the use of simple bodily movements that signify objects, events, and needs. Noting that communication between parent and child can flourish between 9 months and 30 months, when a baby's desire to communicate outstrips the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Body Language, Child Language, Communication Skills
Levenstein, Phyllis – 1974
Described in this report is a home-based, cognitive-affective intervention program involving 93 mothers and their children. This demonstration program sought to show that the principal cognitive element missing from the experience of low-income children in preparation for schooling is a sufficient amount of concept-building verbal interaction in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Home Visits, Intervention
King, Beverly Forman – 1972
A study was developed to involve parents in the learning environment of children attending a Head Start Child Development Center in the belief that it is crucial for the home and school to work closely for the development of the child. The purposes of the study were to (1) develop a series of take-home packets for involvement of parents and child,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Intellectual Development, Learning Motivation, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedDwyer, Edward J. – Reading World, 1978
Reviews studies which demonstrate that exposure to children's literature encourages verbal language development and reading competence in particular. (TJ)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Early Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition
Wells, Gordon – Highway One, 1985
Discusses the importance of providing opportunities for children to learn through talk with an adult and contains excerpts from transcripts of parent-child and teacher-student conversations. (DF)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Educational Theories, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Peer reviewedDiaz, Rafael M.; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1991
Spanish-speaking preschoolers learning English in a bilingual preschool program were videotaped while working independently on tasks to examine their spontaneous private speech. Results show that the private speech of bilingual preschoolers appears to develop normally. Positive effects of second-language learning in a bilingual program on the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, English (Second Language)
Rainey, Ernestine Wells – 1968
To produce and evaluate a language development program for culturally deprived preschool children based on characteristics of Piaget's theory of intelligence, a 6-week experimental study was carried out in Project Headstart, Starkville, Mississippi. Randomly-selected, 45 Negro Headstart enrollees made up three groups--two were taught the…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged
