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Peer reviewedStiles, Joan – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1994
Considers the bases of criticism of parent report as an index of their children's behavioral development and ways in which problems associated with parent report were addressed in the construction of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs). Examines the nature of responses elicited from parents as they complete the CDIs. (BC)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Body Language, Child Behavior, Data Collection
Peer reviewedTomasello, Michael; Mervis, Carolyn B. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1994
The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs) represent a breakthrough in measuring early language production. Nevertheless, the CDIs' word comprehension component may not be a valid measure, because parents report too high a word comprehension ability for their children. Suggests that administering the CDIs to parents in an interview…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Infants, Interviews, Language Acquisition
