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McCabe, Allyssa; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Bornstein, Marc H.; Brockmeyer Cates, Carolyn; Golinkoff, Roberta; Wishard Guerra, Alison; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Hoff, Erika; Kuchirko, Yana; Melzi, Gigliana; Mendelsohn, Alan; Páez, Mariela; Song, Lulu – Society for Research in Child Development, 2013
Multilingualism is an international fact of life and increasing in the United States. Multilingual families are exceedingly diverse, and policies relevant to them should take this into account. The quantity and quality of a child's exposure to responsive conversation spoken by fluent adults predicts both monolingual and multilingual language and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Misconceptions, Second Language Learning, Literacy
Cole, Claire; Winsler, Adam – Society for Research in Child Development, 2010
The detrimental effects of lead exposure in children have been known for over 100 years. Although a few initial measures implemented about 30 years ago were effective in somewhat reducing levels of lead exposure in children, relatively little has been done recently from a policy perspective to protect children from lead. We now know from recent…
Descriptors: Poisoning, Child Health, Hazardous Materials, Environmental Influences