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Silja Martikainen; Mirjam Kalland; Tanja Linnavalli; Kaisamari Kostilainen; Metsämarja Aittokoski; Jyrki Reunamo; Zoi Vasileiou; Mari Tervaniemi – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
A randomized controlled parallel-group trial was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of two 10-week early childhood education and care (ECEC) interventions "SAGA" and "Pikkuli" for supporting social-emotional and verbal development. All children above the age of 4 were invited from 15 Finnish volunteer ECEC groups (n…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Social Emotional Learning, Verbal Development
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Samantha Bergmann; Tiffany Kodak – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2024
Parity is one source of automatic reinforcement that increases the probability of verbal behavior that conforms to models provided by the verbal community. Parity as a conditioned reinforcer could explain the acquisition of grammar in the absence of direct, explicit reinforcement. This possibility has been explored in previous research on…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Verbal Development, Responses
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Sajaniemi, Nina; Suhonen, Eira; Kontu, Elina – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
Of all the developmental difficulties that may be present in childhood, language impairment is probably the most common. It is of vast importance to prevent cumulative negative consequences of these impairments. The present study evaluates the effects of a language and activity-based intervention programme on verbal and non-verbal performance and…
Descriptors: Play, Early Intervention, Language Impairments, Verbal Ability