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Validation of the Spanish Form of a Multidimensional Assessment of Family Engagement for Early Childhood Programs
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Johayra Bouza; Rebecca J. Bulotsky-Shearer; Krystal M. Bichay-Awadala; Jhonelle Bailey; Patricia Gaona; Lisa White; Veronica A. Fernandez – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The purpose of this study was to validate the Spanish version of the Family Involvement Questionnaire-Short Form (FIQ-SF) for use with Spanish-speaking families of children enrolled in early childhood education programs. This study examined the factor structure of the FIQ-SF and established criterion validity for the resulting FIQ-SF dimension…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Questionnaires, Early Childhood Education, Spanish
Dimensionality of Speech-Language Pathologists' Child-Directed Talk during School-Based Therapy with Primary-Grade Students
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Jing Sun; Laura M. Justice; Ye Shen; Hui Jiang; Hugo Gonzalez Villasanti; Mary Beth Schmitt – Grantee Submission, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the measurement structure of the linguistic features of speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) talk during business-as-usual therapy sessions in the public schools, and to test the longitudinal stability of a theorized dimensional structure consisting of quantity, grammatical complexity, and lexical…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Therapy, Longitudinal Studies
Identifying Levers for Improvement: Examining Proximal Processes and Contextual Influences on Preschool Language Development
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Hadley, Elizabeth Burke; Newman, Katherine Mackay; Kim, Eun Sook – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The present study investigates both the proximal processes and contextual influences on children's oral language development in preschool. We examine whether teacher language practices vary across activity settings and program type, which teacher language practices predict children's oral language skills, and potential…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Context Effect, Oral Language, Language Acquisition
Reliability and Factor Structure of the Maternal Interactive Beliefs Questionnaire Translated into Persian
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Younesian, Sharifeh; Sullivan, Karen A.; Gilmore, Linda; Yadegari, Fariba – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2018
The Maternal Interactive Beliefs Questionnaire (Johnston and Wong, 2002) assesses maternal beliefs about children's language development. This study investigated the psychometric properties of a Persian translation of this questionnaire. The translation followed the protocol of the World Health Organization. Psychometric properties were evaluated…
Descriptors: Translation, Questionnaires, Indo European Languages, Psychometrics
Infants' Experience with 'Near and Clear' Educator Talk: Individual Variation and Its Relationship to Indicators of Quality
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Degotardi, Sheila; Han, Feifei; Torr, Jane – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2018
This study investigated the quantity of audible and intelligible ('near and clear') educator talk directly experienced by under-two-year-old infants attending early childhood education and care (ECEC) programmes and examined whether the quantity of educator talk was related to characteristics of quality in their ECEC room. Participants were 57…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries