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Publication Date: 2006-Oct
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The Ordering of Milestones in Language Development for Children from 1 to 6 Years of Age
Luinge, Margreet R.; Post, Wendy J.; Wit, Hero P.; Goorhuis-Brouwer, Sieneke M.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v49 n5 p923-940 Oct 2006
Purpose: To scale language milestones in a group of 527 children to provide an instrument for screening language development. Procedure: The questionnaire regarding these milestones was completed by parental report. It was evaluated whether the scaled milestones satisfied the assumptions of the Mokken item response model. Results: The scalability of the final scale of 14 milestones was strong (H = 0.95), its reliability was high (P = 0.96), and it satisfied the assumptions of the Mokken model. Conclusions: A single, unidimensional scale of diverse milestones was developed. It taps lexical, syntactic, and phonological skills, as well as both receptive and expressive language skills, and is well suited for mapping progress in language ability.
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Measures (Individuals), Language Skills, Language Aptitude, Language Acquisition, Expressive Language, Questionnaires, Parent Participation, Models, Young Children, Screening Tests, Receptive Language, Reading Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 1; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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