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Ouellette, Gene; Senechal, Monique – Child Development, 2008
This intervention study tested whether invented spelling plays a causal role in learning to read. Three groups of kindergarten children (mean age = 5 years 7 months) participated in a 4-week intervention. Children in the invented-spelling group spelled words as best they could and received developmentally appropriate feedback. Children in the 2…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Invented Spelling, Intervention, Phonological Awareness

Laosa, Luis M. – Child Development, 1978
Showed that Chicano mothers who had completed at least an eleventh-grade education used more inquiry and praise when teaching their five-year-olds, while mothers with less than an eleventh-grade education tended to use more modeling in their teaching strategies. (JMB)
Descriptors: Educational Background, Interaction Process Analysis, Kindergarten Children, Mothers

Stipek, Deborah; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Compared attitudes of children in child-centered preschools and kindergartens with those of children in didactic, highly academic programs in terms achievement and motivation. Compared to children in child-centered programs, children in didactic programs rated their abilities significantly lower, had lower expectations for success on academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis