Descriptor
| Language Acquisition | 3 |
| Social Development | 3 |
| Verbal Development | 3 |
| Child Language | 2 |
| Preschool Children | 2 |
| Verbal Communication | 2 |
| Age Differences | 1 |
| Beginning Reading | 1 |
| Child Development | 1 |
| Child Psychology | 1 |
| Children | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Researchers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Weir, Mary K.; Eggelston, Patricia J. – Day Care and Early Education, 1975
Offers some conversational suggestions (modeled on a typical day in the life of the preschool) intended to motivate children to communicate and to build a better relationship between pupil and teacher. (Author/ED)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Acquisition, Motivation Techniques
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
