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Peer reviewedMercer, Neil; Wegerif, Rupert; Dawes, Lyn – British Educational Research Journal, 1999
Evaluates a teaching program called TRAC (Talk, Reasoning, and Computers) that is used for scaffolding children's effective use of language as a tool for reasoning and collaborative activity. Finds that using the TRAC program can increase the amount of exploratory talk used by children working together in the classroom. (CMK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Foreign Countries, Group Activities
Peer reviewedAllen, R. R.; Wood, Barbara Sundene – Communication Education, 1978
Children should develop communication competencies related to a broad array of communication situations involving speaking and listening as well as reading and writing. Five functions of communication (controlling, sharing feelings, informing, ritualizing, and imagining) are offered as the communication focus of a language arts program. (JMF)
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills
Peer reviewedMayfield, Margie I. – Reading Teacher, 1985
Describes a program adopted by five native Indian bands in British Columbia in which parents promote their children's early language and reading skills in the home. (FL)
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Child Language, Community Role, Early Childhood Education
