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Peer reviewedKantor, Rebecca; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1989
Analyzes preschool class circle time from an ethnographic perspective. Findings suggest that rules, guidelines, expectations, and roles in the event change over time. (RJC)
Descriptors: Child Language, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Oral Language
Peer reviewedBecker, Judith A. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1986
Explores the underlying knowledge that children have about the relationship between the structure of requests and the relative status of speakers and listeners. Shows that the three age groups (preschoolers, 5-year-olds, and 10-year-olds) could systematically differentiate the requests by means of syntactic directness or semantics. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Children, Cognitive Development
Friedman, Sheila – 1985
L. S. Vygotsky's book "Mind in Society" was published more than 50 years ago in Russia, but it is now being recognized as relevant to contemporary research in child development because of the areas of investigation that he suggested. Vygotsky views children as active participants in their own learning and suggests that researchers…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Child Language, Child Psychology
