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Examining the Bidirectional Relations between Language and Behavior in Head Start Children
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Gigi An, Zhe; Zeng, Songtian; Chen, Ching-I; Zhao, Hongxia – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2021
The purpose of this study is to examine the bidirectional relationship between children's language development and challenging behaviors as well as the moderating roles of gender and race/ethnicity. We conducted a number of structural equation modeling analyses with a national representative sample (N = 2,462) of Head Start children from the 2014…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Behavior Problems, Correlation, Gender Differences
Language Development from Early Childhood to Adolescence in Youths with Fragile X Syndrome
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Brady, Nancy C.; Fleming, Kandace; Bredin-Oja, Shelley L.; Fielding-Gebhardt, Heather; Warren, Steven F. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate language growth in individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS) from early childhood to adolescence and the influence of maternal responsivity on language growth. Method: We conducted a longitudinal analysis of language development in 55 youths (44 males, 11 females) with FXS. Data collection spanned…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development, Standardized Tests
Examining the Classification Accuracy of a Vocabulary Screening Measure with Preschool Children
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Marcotte, Amanda M.; Clemens, Nathan H.; Parker, Christopher; Whitcomb, Sara A. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2016
This study investigated the classification accuracy of the "Dynamic Indicators of Vocabulary Skills" (DIVS) as a preschool vocabulary screening measure. With a sample of 240 preschoolers, fall and winter DIVS scores were used to predict year-end vocabulary risk using the 25th percentile on the "Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--Third…
Descriptors: Classification, Preschool Children, Vocabulary, Screening Tests
Relationship between Emergent Literacy and Early Social-Emotional Development in Preschool Children from Low-Income Backgrounds
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Tan, Minghua; Dobbs-Oates, Jennifer – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
Sixty-one preschool children and their parents and teachers participated in a cross-sectional study of the social-emotional correlates of emergent literacy skills. The children's emergent literacy skills were assessed with the standard language and literacy tests: "Expressive Vocabulary Test, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test" (third…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Social Development, Emotional Development, Preschool Children
Does Play Make a Difference? How Play Intervention Affects the Vocabulary Learning of At-Risk Preschoolers
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Han, Myae; Moore, Noreen; Vukelich, Carol; Buell, Martha – American Journal of Play, 2010
Merging the literatures of how to enhance young children's vocabulary development and how to improve learning through play, this study tested two vocabulary teaching protocols on at-risk preschool children: Explicit Instructional Vocabulary Protocol (EIVP) and shortened EIVP and a play session (EIVP + Play). From a group of 118 lowest-performing…
Descriptors: Play, Vocabulary Development, At Risk Students, Preschool Children
Relationships between Teachers and Preschoolers Who Are at Risk: Contribution of Children's Language Skills, Temperamentally Based Attributes, and Gender
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Justice, Laura M.; Cottone, Elizabeth A.; Mashburn, Andrew; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E. – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: The teacher-child relationship can provide an important support to young children who exhibit developmental risk. This research studied the contribution of children's language skills, temperamentally based attributes (shyness, anger), and gender to closeness and conflict in the teacher-child relationship for 133 preschoolers…
Descriptors: Shyness, Comprehension, Conflict, Preschool Children