Maternal Sensitivity to Vocabulary Development in Specific Language-Impaired and Language-Normal Preschoolers.

Evans, Mary Ann; Wodar, Susanne

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ERIC Number: EJ557001

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Maternal Sensitivity to Vocabulary Development in Specific Language-Impaired and Language-Normal Preschoolers.

Evans, Mary Ann; Wodar, Susanne

Applied Psycholinguistics, v18 n3 p243-56 Sep 1997

Examined mothers' accuracy in predicting the responses their children gave and the scores they achieved on two standardized vocabulary tests. Findings indicate that the overall estimates by mothers of language-impaired children were more accurate than those by mothers of language-normal children. (28 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Language Impairments, Mothers, Neurolinguistics, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children, Rating Scales, Scoring, Standardized Tests, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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