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ERIC Number: EJ493708
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-976X
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Variability in Early Communicative Development.
Fenson, Larry; And Others
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, v59 n5 p1-173 1994
Data from parent reports on 1,803 children, derived from the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories, are used to describe the course of communicative development between 8 and 30 months of age. Found wide variability in children's rate of lexical, gestural, and grammatical development; correlations between several components of language development; and slight differences resulting from gender, SES, and birth order. (BC)
Descriptors: Birth Order, Body Language, Communication Skills, Individual Differences, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Parents, Sex Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Toddlers, Vocabulary Development
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory
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