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Explorations in Developmental Spelling: Foundations for Learning and Teaching Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary.
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Bear, Donald R.; Templeton, Shane – Reading Teacher, 1998
Addresses two broad issues: the current understanding of spelling development and how this understanding fits within a broader model of literacy development; and the implications of the developmental model for spelling instruction and word study. Suggests that it is essential that instruction balance authentic reading and writing with purposeful…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Models
Une Progression dans la Strategie Pedagogique pour assurer la Construction de Langage Oral L'ecole Maternelle [A Progression in Teaching Strategies to Ensure Oral Language Building in Nursery School].
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Durand, C. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1997
Summarizes progressions between 2 and 6 years of age in children's power of concentration, ability to express ideas, build logical relationships, structure spoken words, and play with the semantic, phonetic, syntactical, and morphological aspects of oral language. Notes that the progression depends on the educator's interaction with the child.…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education
Comprehension Strategies: Interactions between World Knowledge and the Development of Sentence Comprehension.
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Paul, Rhea – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
This article relates the ability to understand individual sentences both in and out of context by normal and developmentally delayed children at various developmental stages to the concept of world knowledge. Implications for assessment and treatment of sentence comprehension deficits among language-disordered students are discussed. (PB)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Context Effect, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Stages
The Lexicon and Phonology: Interactions in Language Acquisition.
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Storkel, Holly L.; Morrisette, Michele L. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2002
This article highlights the link between lexical and phonological acquisition by considering learning by children beyond the 50-word stage and by applying cognitive models of spoken word processing to development. The effects of lexical and phonological variables on perception, production, and learning are discussed in the context of a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts. Second Edition.
Flood, James, Ed.; Lapp, Diane, Ed.; Squire, James R., Ed.; Jensen, Julie M., Ed. – 2003
This updated second edition reflects developments in educational research and new information within the areas of language learning and instruction since the publication of the first edition in 1991. Its 75 essays assess the significance of research, evaluates new developments, and examines current conflicts, controversies, and issues, while…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Uses in Education, Developmental Stages, Educational Research
The Influence of Culture, Class, and Linguistic Diversity on Early Language Development
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Horton-Ikard, RaMonda – Zero to Three (J), 2006
Effective intervention for early language delay in minority and poor children is difficult to provide because we know so little about its prevention, assessment, and treatment. This article provides an overview of an "integrative model of minority child development" that considers the influence of social factors such as race and class to explore…
Descriptors: African American Children, Delayed Speech, Economically Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth