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Sekine, Kazuki – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2009
This study longitudinally investigated developmental changes in the frame of reference used by children in their gestures and speech. Fifteen children, between 4 and 6 years of age, were asked once a year to describe their route home from their nursery school. When the children were 4 years old, they tended to produce gestures that directly and…
Descriptors: Nursery Schools, Cognitive Processes, Nonverbal Communication, Longitudinal Studies
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Oakhill, J. V.; Cain, K.; Bryant, P. E. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2003
Discusses the relative contribution of several theoretically relevant skills and abilities in accounting for variance in both word reading and text comprehension. Data is presented from two waves of a longitudinal study. Shows there is a dissociation between the skills and abilities that account for variance in word reading, and those that account…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Longitudinal Studies, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
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Volterra, Virginia; Capirci, Olga; Caselli, M. Cristina – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2001
Studied the linguistic competence in the written language of deaf children and adults and the linguistic development in children and adolescents with Williams Syndrome. Presents qualitative data on spoken and written Italian from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies conducted over the last 10 years. Studying these two different populations can…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Cognitive Processes