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Morrow, Lesley Mandel – Research in the Teaching of English, 1978
Data in this study showed significant linguistic differences between six- and seven-year-olds and a leveling-off between the seven- and eight-year-olds. (DD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
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Levy, Beatrice K. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1973
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Black Students, Child Language, Disadvantaged Youth
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Endicott, Anthony L. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1973
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
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Koziol, Stephen M. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1973
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition
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Smith, Charlotte T. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1977
Concluded that factual questions appear to inhibit the higher cognitive processes of grade 2 and grade 4 subjects, while the interpretive questions stimulate the higher cognitive processes. (DD)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Grade 2
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Watson, Rita – Research in the Teaching of English, 1987
Describes two studies of word meaning acquisition among children. Concludes that (1) even very young children can learn new words and their meanings on basis of linguistic expressions and in absence of direct experience with referents, and (2) that particular forms of discourse (e.g., narrative and dialogue) can render new meanings more accessible…
Descriptors: Child Language, Definitions, Educational Research, Language Acquisition
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Hanf, Marilyn Buckley – Research in the Teaching of English, 1973
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conceptual Schemes
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Pope, Mike – Research in the Teaching of English, 1974
Type of discourse and syntax are related; speech researchers will have to specify type of discourse for their results to be comparable with other studies. (JH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Grade 4, Language Patterns