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Peer reviewedCorrigan, Roberta – Child Development, 1975
Nine tasks were designed to test the developmental sequence of three types of "because" (affective, physical, concrete logical) in 100 children aged 3 to 7 years. The tasks tested whether comprehension of "because" preceded its usage and at what point children understood that sentences with reversed clauses were incorrect.…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Developmental Tasks, Intellectual Development, Linguistic Competence
Peer reviewedBrown, H, Douglas – Child Development, 1971
Results imply that in early childhood education the language of test instructions and reading programs could be better geared to the child's linguistic competence. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Data Analysis, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedElardo, Richard – Child Development, 1971
Study offers some evidence which bears on the amount of influence of the environment upon linguistic capacity. (Author)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Environmental Influences, Grammar, Language Acquisition
