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Differences in the Semantic Structure of the Speech Experienced by Late Talkers, Late Bloomers, and Typical Talkers
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Jiménez, Eva; Hills, Thomas T. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
The present study investigates the relation between language environment and language delay in 63 British-English speaking children (19 typical talkers (TT), 22 late talkers (LT), and 22 late bloomers (LB) aged 13 to 18 months. Families audio recorded daily routines and marked the new words their child produced over a period of 6 months. To…
Descriptors: Semantics, Speech Communication, Vocabulary Development, Comparative Analysis
Not Just Numeracy and Literacy: Theory of Mind Development and School Readiness among Low-Income Children
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Cavadel, Elizabeth Woodburn; Frye, Douglas A. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
The current study investigated the role of theory of mind development in school readiness among 120 low-income preschool and kindergarten children. A short-term longitudinal design was used to examine relations among theory of mind, the understanding of teaching, and learning behaviors and their collective role in children's literacy and numeracy…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, School Readiness, Low Income Groups, Preschool Children
Developmental and Intellectual Differences in Self-Report and Strategy Use.
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Bray, Norman W.; Huffman, Lisa F.; Fletcher, Kathryn L. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Investigated external memory strategies of typical 7-, 9-, 11-, and 17-year olds and 11- and 17-year olds with mild mental retardation using tasks allowing direct comparison of self-report and strategy observed. Found strong positive correlations between frequency of reported and observed strategy use. Self-reports were accurate but not always…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Comparative Analysis
The Prehistory of Discovery: Precursors of Representational Change in Solving Gear System Problems.
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Dixon, James A.; Bangert, Ashley S. – Developmental Psychology, 2002
This study investigated whether the process of representational change undergoes developmental change or different processes occupy different niches in the course of knowledge acquisition. Subjects--college, third-, and sixth-grade students--solved gear system problems over two sessions. Findings indicated that for all grades, discovery of the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Distinctiveness Effects in Children's Long-Term Retention.
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Howe, Mark L.; Courage, Mary L.; Vernescu, Roxana; Hunt, Melvine – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Three experiments examined kindergartners' and second graders' retention in the context of two distinctiveness manipulations, the von Restorff and bizarre imagery paradigms. Results showed that: older children retained more information from lists of pictures or interactive images over 3 weeks than younger; younger children failed to benefit from…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Are Language-Acquisition Strategies Universal?
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Akiyama, Michael M. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Tests the universality hypothesis of language acquisition by asking young monolingual English and Japanese children to verify true affirmatives, false affirmatives, false negatives, and true negatives. The hypothesis was not supported in the case of Japanese-speaking children. A theory of cross-linguistic language acquisition is proposed.…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Acquisition