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Goldin-Meadow, Susan; Morford, Jill P. – Child Development, 1997
Examined development of displaced reference in four deaf children who used homesign and in 18 hearing children. Found that deaf children referred to the nonpresent less frequently and at later ages than hearing children, both groups followed similar developmental paths. Deaf children evoked the nonpresent by generating novel gestures, modifying…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Deafness
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Wedell-Monnig, Jacelyn; Lumley, Joan M. – Child Development, 1980
The effects of child deafness on mother-child interaction were investigated by observing mother-child dyads in free-play situations. Subjects were six deaf child/hearing mother pairs and six normal hearing pairs. All children were between 13.2 and 29.2 months of age. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Infants
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Kusche, Carol A.; Greenberg, Mark T. – Child Development, 1983
Evaluates the growth of social-cognitive knowledge in deaf and hearing children during the early- and middle-school years and assesses the relative importance of language in two domains of social cognition. In addition, separately examines the child's ability to evaluate the concepts of good and bad and to take another person's perspective. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis
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Hoemann, Harry W. – Child Development, 1972
Channel properties of the deaf children's gesture language are discussed in the light of their communicative behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Elementary School Students
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Lederberg, Amy R.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines the ethnic, age, and gender playmate perferences of deaf and hearing preschoolers who were observed during outdoor free play at their respective schools over a 7-month period. Hispanic, black, and white children were included. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences