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Arnold, Cath – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
This paper draws on observational studies of three young children in order to demonstrate firstly, their intrinsic motivation to explore systematically through repeated patterns of action or 'schemas'; secondly, how those repeated actions appear and are explored in their emerging language demonstrating their increasing construction of and…
Descriptors: Play, Schemata (Cognition), Language Acquisition, Concept Formation
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Doan, S. N. – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
The way in which emotion interacts with cognition has been of great interest to researchers for hundreds of years. Emotion has been shown to play an important role in attention, learning and memory. However, the way in which emotion influences the basic process of word learning in infancy has largely been ignored. In the current paper, the…
Descriptors: Infants, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response, Interaction
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Perez, Bertha – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Reviews current understanding of the process of emergent literacy development for linguistically diverse children. Claims that process of literacy development can be viewed as a sequential developmental task. Also explains that children create principles or hypotheses to develop literacy specific to their understanding of their native language and…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Cognitive Development, Cultural Context, Emergent Literacy
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Garcia, Eugene E.; Stein, Colman B. – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Claims that incorporating children's native language into school curriculum can make these languages integral to the learning process. Suggests that a responsive, language-rich curriculum encourages creative and effective communication and learning. Emphasizes that language learning and sharing are the essence of the additive model as opposed to…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Design, Educational Environment, Educational Practices