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Effects of Quantitative Linguistic Feedback to Caregivers of Young Children: A Pilot Study in China
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Zhang, Yiwen; Xu, Xiaojuan; Jiang, Fan; Gilkerson, Jill; Xu, Dongxin; Richards, Jeffrey A.; Harnsberger, James; Topping, Keith J. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2015
Changes in natural language environments of families receiving quantitative language feedback in Shanghai were investigated. Volunteer parents of 22 children aged 5 to 30 months were recruited from a hospital and a learning center. Quantitative measures of adult word count and conversational turns with children were collected regularly over 6…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Child Caregivers, Young Children, Parent Child Relationship
Child Rearing Practices and the Development of Competence. Final Report.
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White, Burton L.; And Others – 1974
This report describes a pilot project which involved the development and evaluation of an experimental treatment (training program) suitable for a longitudinal study in which the effects of child rearing practices on general competence in young children are being studied. Eleven families participated in the pilot training program which…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Home Visits, Infant Behavior
Evaluation Report: Early Childhood Education Program, 1969 Field Test.
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Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1970
Reported are findings from the first year's field test of the home-oriented Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL) Early Childhood Education Program for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds. The program consists of a 30-minute daily television lesson, a weekly home visit by a paraprofessional, and group instruction once a week in a mobile classroom. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cost Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives
Research Report on Some Effects of an Experimental Language Development Program on the Performance of Aboriginal Children in Their First Year at School.
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Bennett, J. V.; And Others – 1972
This evaluation report presents the details and results of an experimental, compensatory language program designed to improve the standard English language facility of young aboriginal children on the assumption that this would contribute to improvement in reading and other aspects of academic performance. The pilot program was administered during…
Descriptors: Child Language, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Experiments
Foreign Language Learning: Research and Development: An Assessment. Reports of the Working Committees of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 1968.
Bird, Thomas E., Ed. – 1968
Included in this volume are the reports on foreign language research and development produced by the three working committees of the fifteenth annual Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Discussions of (1) the Indiana and Washington State programs, (2) "Artes Latinae," a complete project of programed learning…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Conference Reports, Experimental Programs
Teaching English as an Additional Language to Older People: A Case Study.
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Buzan, Jean Mary – 1972
The study describes an experimental program in Vancouver to teach English as an additional language to older immigrants who were excluded from existing programs for one reason or another. Classes were held during the morning hours on two consecutive days for seven weeks (with a five-week extension course) in a community center; 45 adults were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries