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Direct linkMohamad Reza Farangi; Saeed Mehrpour – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2024
Children's early language development is under the influence of several positive and negative factors including television as an input source and family's socio-economic status. Considering that, this study investigated the effects of these variables on children's vocabulary development using a quasi-experimental design. To this end, 60 Iranian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Socioeconomic Status, Television Viewing
Gillis, Randall; Nilsen, Elizabeth S. – First Language, 2014
To become successful communicators, children must be sensitive to the clarity/ambiguity of language. Significant gains in children's ability to detect communicative ambiguity occur during the early school-age years. However, little is known about the cognitive abilities that support this development. Relations between cognitive flexibility and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Preschool Children, Language Acquisition, Ambiguity (Semantics)
Download full textWolf, Betsy; Latham, Gavin; Laurenzano, Mary; Ross, Steven M.; Tam, Winnie; Cheung, Alan C. K. – Grantee Submission, 2016
(Purpose) The purpose of this study was to understand if inclusion of computer activities and videos for pre-K and kinder students, with opportunities to view these videos again at home, providing a repeated learning experience with language concepts and vocabulary, improved young students' early reading skill. (Methods) The study followed one…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Preschool Children
Strain, Phillip S. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2017
This article reports on a 4-year follow-up study from the Learning Experiences and Alternative Program for Preschoolers and Their Parents (LEAP) randomized trial of early intervention for young children with autism. Overall, participants from LEAP classes were marginally superior to comparison class children on elementary school outcomes specific…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Preschool Children, Parents, Early Intervention
Kraemer, Robert; Fabiano-Smith, Leah – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2017
The researchers examined how speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in a small northern California school district assessed Spanish speaking English learning (EL) Latino children suspected of language impairments. Specifically we sought to (1) determine whether SLPs adhered to federal, state, and professional guidelines during initial assessments and…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Language Tests, Diagnostic Tests
Huffstetter, Mary; King, James R.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Schneider, Jenifer J.; Powell-Smith, Kelly A. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2010
This study examined the effects of a computer-based early reading program (Headsprout Early Reading) on the oral language and early reading skills of at-risk preschool children. In a pretest-posttest control group design, 62 children were randomly assigned to receive supplemental instruction with Headsprout Early Reading (experimental group) or…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Early Reading, Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewedChannell, Ron W.; Peek, Michelle S. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1989
Thirty-six children, aged four-five, completed four vocabulary measures: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, Picture Vocabulary subtest of the Test of Oral Language Development, Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test, and Receptive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test. Only moderate correlations were found among these tests, implying that a…
Descriptors: Correlation, Expressive Language, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities
