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Supporting Social-Emotional Development in Early Childhood Education and Care -- A Randomized Parallel Group Trial Evaluating the Impact of Two Different Interventions
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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
The Tact Is Being Emitted by the Child: Replicating and Extending Parity Research with English-Speaking, Typically Developing Children
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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
The Cow on the High Street: Effects of Background Context on Early Naming
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Meints, Kerstin; Plunkett, Kim; Harris, Paul L.; Dimmock, Debbie – Cognitive Development, 2004
What role does contextual information play in children's early word comprehension? Using an inter-modal preferential looking task, we investigated how different background contexts influence children's looking times before and after an image has been named. Prior to the experiment, early comprehension of words was assessed using parental…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Toddlers, Word Recognition, Comprehension
Typical Child Behaviours in Singapore Day Care Centres and Their Relationship with Language Development.
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Kwan, Celina KD – 1998
This study examines the relationship between the typical activities and social involvement young children experience in Singapore day care centers and the children's language development. Cognitive, physical and domestic activities and social involvement were observed in 16 day care centers and recorded using the Target Child Method of…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Class Activities, Day Care Centers