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Zhang, Yiwen; Jin, Xingming; Shen, Xiamong; Zhang, Jinming; Hoff, Erika – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
Caregivers of 608 (331 boys and 277 girls) children in Shanghai, China reported on their children's language development and on the language teaching practices used in the home. The children were between 24 and 47 months old. The relation of age-corrected language level to paternal education, child gender, and teaching practice use was examined.…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Language Teachers
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Renshaw, Peter D.; Gardner, Ruth – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1990
Reports on research on parental teaching strategies with children aged three and four years. Findings support Dweck and Elliott's view that adults who are process oriented rather than product oriented act more as resources than as judges; focus children on learning rather than outcome; and respond to errors as natural and useful rather than as…
Descriptors: Fathers, Methods Research, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship