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Verhagen, Josje; de Bree, Elise; Unsworth, Sharon – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2020
Although a bilingual advantage has been reported for various measures of cognitive control, most previous studies have looked at a limited range of cognitive control measures. Furthermore, they typically leave unaddressed whether positive effects of bilingualism hold for all bilinguals or whether these are modulated by differences in bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Usage, Language Proficiency, Cognitive Ability
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Vervloed, Mathijs P. J.; Loijens, Nancy E. A.; Waller, Sarah E. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2014
In the report presented here, the authors describe a pilot intervention study that was intended to teach children with visual impairments the meaning of far-away words, and that used their mothers as mediators. The aim was to teach both labels and deep word knowledge, which is the comprehension of the full meaning of words, illustrated through…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Teaching Methods, Intervention, Vocabulary Development