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Home Literacy Environment and Head Start Children's Language Development: The Role of Approaches to Learning
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Meng, Christine – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: This study examined whether approaches to learning moderate the association between home literacy environment and English receptive vocabulary development. The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (2003 cohort) was used for analysis. Latent growth curve modeling was utilized to test a quadratic model of English…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Emergent Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy
Predictors of Responsiveness to Early Literacy Intervention: A 10-Year Update
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Lam, Elizabeth A.; McMaster, Kristen L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
The purpose of this review was to update previous reviews on factors related to students' responsiveness to early literacy intervention. The 14 studies in this synthesis used experimental designs, provided small-group or one-on-one reading interventions, and analyzed factors related to responsiveness to those interventions. Participants were…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Longitudinal Studies
A Comparison of Anglo-American and Mexican-American Student Performances on Measures of Classification and Transitivity.
Zellner, Ronald D.; Wisner, Robert H. – 1977
The relative development of Piagetian concrete logical operational abilities was investigated in Mexican American and Anglo American children. Performance was assessed on eight classification tasks and three forms of transitivity, measuring seriation skills. One phase of the study compared the performances of 30 Anglo and 30 Mexican American…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Developmental Stages