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Rose, Susan A.; Feldman, Judith F.; Jankowski, Jeffery J. – Child Development, 2015
This study examined the relation of 3-year core information-processing abilities to lexical growth and development. The core abilities covered four domains--memory, representational competence (cross-modal transfer), processing speed, and attention. Lexical proficiency was assessed at 3 and 13 years with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Toddlers, Language Proficiency, Vocabulary Development
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Bornstein, Marc H.; Haynes, O. Maurice – Child Development, 1998
Examined relations among measures of child language derived from observations of 20-month-olds' speech with mothers, experimenter assessments, and maternal reports. Found that structural equation modeling supported strong relations among the three sources, the loading of multiple measures on a single latent construct of vocabulary competence, and…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Mother Attitudes