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Direct linkPentimonti, Jill; Shaw Attaway, Danielle; Harris Little, Michael; Holod, Aleksandra; Buysse, Virginia; Walker, Dale; Bigelow, Kathryn – Infants and Young Children, 2022
The purpose of this study was to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention for enhancing the language development of young children enrolled in home visiting programs. The participants were 59 children (18-30 months old) enrolled in one of three types of home visiting programs. Children's language…
Descriptors: Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Home Visits, Comparative Analysis
Halpin, Emily; Melzi, Gigliana – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of code-switching in the narratives of dual-language Latino preschoolers, specifically by examining its incidence, types, functions, and grammaticality. Previous work has investigated code-switching in younger children and in older children and adults, but relatively little work has investigated…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Language Usage, Personal Narratives
Download full textMcLeod, Ragan H.; Kaiser, Ann P.; Hardy, Jessica K. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2019
Although extensive research exists on vocabulary instruction during book reading in preschool classroom, comparatively little research has been conducted on vocabulary exposure in classroom play contexts and child vocabulary outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine Head Start teacher and child vocabulary use in dyadic play sessions and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Vocabulary, Play, Outcomes of Education
Cline, Keely Dyan; Edwards, Carolyn Pope – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: The objective of this study was to understand how two dimensions of parent-child book-reading quality--instructional and emotional--interact and relate to learning in a sample of low-income infants and toddlers. Participants included 81 parents and their children from Early Head Start programs in the rural Midwest. Correlation…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Rural Areas, Parents, Correlation
Qi, Cathy H.; Marley, Scott C. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2011
The purpose of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of the "Preschool Language Scale-4" (PLS-4) with a sample of English-speaking Hispanic and European American children who attended Head Start programs. Participants were 440 children between the ages of 3 and 5 years (52% male; 86% Hispanic and 14% European American).…
Descriptors: Evidence, Listening Comprehension, Speech Communication, Delayed Speech
