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Benoit, Pamela J. – Journal of the American Forensic Association, 1983
Describes the structure and emergence of extended argument sequences produced by preschool children. Provides a system for analyzing turns that initiate, elaborate, and terminate argument sequences. Draws conclusions regarding the development of proficiency in producing argument and interaction. (PD)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis
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Neal, Annie W. – Journal of Educational Research, 1976
Items missed on the PPVT were analyzed according to race and sex; results indicated that an alternative form of the test might use stimulus words other than those missed by a disproportinate number of subjects in this study. (MM)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Measurement, Minority Groups, Sex Differences
Smith, Carl B. – 1997
This book presents 12 strategies (focusing on one strategy a week) for students to increase vocabulary and boost communication skills, suggesting that these techniques can easily double the average person's vocabulary. After an introduction, the book presents the following 12 techniques: (1) "Expand on What You Know: Synonyms, Antonyms, and…
Descriptors: Affixes, Context Clues, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Smith, Carl B. – 2002
This second edition presents 12 strategies (focusing on one strategy a week) for students to increase vocabulary and boost communication skills, suggesting that these techniques can easily double the average person's vocabulary. After an introduction, the book presents the following 12 techniques: (1) Expand on What You Know: Synonyms, Antonyms,…
Descriptors: Affixes, Context Clues, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Brownell, Winifred; Smith, Dennis R. – Speech Monographs, 1973
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Educational Research, Preschool Education
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De Lacey, Philip R. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1971
Confirms a trend in an earlier study for high-contact Aboriginals to perform on classification tests at about the same level as white children in a similar environment, despite the markedly lower verbal intelligence quotient scores of Aboriginal children. (RJ)
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences
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Eveloff, Herbert H. – Child Development, 1971
Normal and abnormal language development depends to a great degree on the nature of the infant-mother relationship. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Reading Newsreport, 1971
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Filmstrips, Instructional Materials, Reading Difficulties
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Erhardt, Jacob; Erhardt, Lotte – Unterrichtspraxis, 1971
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language
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Shepard, Winifred O. – Developmental Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Behavior Change, Definitions, Elementary School Students
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Kuhl, Patricia K.; Meltzoff, Andrew N. – Science, 1982
Indicates that 18- to 20-month-old infants can detect the correspondence between auditorially and visually perceived speech; that is, they manifest some of the components related to lip-reading phenomena in adults. This demonstration of the bimodal perception of speech in infancy has important implications for social, cognitive, and linguistic…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Infants
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Cameron, Jack R. – English Journal, 1980
Suggests ways of using teacher-produced photographs in English and language-arts classrooms. Offers examples of how a series of pictures was used and how students responded. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Gaillard, Lee – Independent School, 1977
Considers some of the obvious causes of our nation's verbal crisis. Presents methods for treating symptoms at the college and secondary level and prescribes preventive measures at lower levels that will heighten verbal awareness, interest, and skills. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Problems, English Education, Guidelines, Linguistic Competence
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Burniston, Christabel – Education 3-13, 1976
The author is the director of the English Speaking Board, an organization which brings together people from all walks of life who are concerned with oral communication as a means to the "improvement of personal relationships and the sharing of personal endeavor". Here she focuses on 3-13 year-old children and their verbal development. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Expression, Eye Hand Coordination, Language Acquisition
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Snow, Catherine E. – Journal of Child Language, 1977
The speech of two mothers to their infants between three and eighteen months was analyzed. Simplicity of speech was about the same at all ages, not showing abrupt change as children began to talk. It is suggested that mothers used a conversational model and changes reflect children's growing conversational ability. (CHK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Ability
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