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Download full textBoroughs, Mary-Clare – 1970
This study investigated the effects of a program of mother-child interaction using children's books on the verbal skills of culturally disadvantaged 3-year-olds. A total of 47 subjects were involved in the study, with white and black children, males and females equally represented in experimental, placebo and control groups. After only three…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Disadvantaged, Home Programs
Peer reviewedCoster, Wendy J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Examined the communicative behavior of 40 maltreated and nonmaltreated 31-month-old toddlers and their mothers. Results revealed that maltreated toddlers followed a pattern of shorter mean length of utterance, less descriptive speech, and proportionally less relevant speech. (RJC)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Language, Child Neglect, Communication Skills
Parent, Sophie; And Others – 1993
This study compared mother-child interactions and investigated how child verbal abilities interact with age to influence maternal scaffolding (teaching) styles in a group of 60 mother-child dyads in which the children were aged 3, 4, and 5 years (20 dyads in each of the 3, 4, and 5 year age groups). The mother-child pairs were filmed completing a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Competence, Early Childhood Education
Stoel-Gammon, Caroline – 1976
This analysis of Brazilian baby talk (BT) includes data from two sources: elicitations of the use of BT from three mothers, all of whom have university degrees, and observations of adult-child interactions in the home. The data shows Ferguson's modified list of thirty lexical items that frequently have BT forms in various languages and the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Child Psychology, Cognitive Development, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Cole, Kevin; Maddox, Mary; Lim, Young Sook; Notari-Syverson, Angela – 2002
This training manual and companion videotapes comprise an educational program for professionals and paraprofessionals who work with young children with language disorders. The program is particularly helpful in serving children from linguistic minority backgrounds and their families. The program's strategies are also appropriate for teachers and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Chinese, Early Childhood Education
Notari-Syverson, Angela; Maddox, Mary; Cole, Kevin – 1998
This training manual and two companion videotapes comprise an educational program for professionals and paraprofessionals who work with young children with language disorders. The program is particularly helpful in serving children from linguistic minority backgrounds and their families. The program's strategies are also appropriate for teachers…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Development, Child Language, Early Childhood Education
