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Peer reviewedWilkinson, Andrew; Wilkinson, Elizabeth – English in Education, 1978
Discusses an investigation of dimensions of development in speaking and writing between the ages of eight and twelve, focusing on both cognitive and affective processes. (AA)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRidgeway, Doreen; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Reports on data collected in nine age ranges from 18 months to 71 months that examined children's ability to understand emotion-descriptive adjectives when used by adults and their own use of these words in productive vocabulary. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Child Language
PDF pending restorationPeck, Sabrina – 1977
Play sessions of two Mexican children (one five and one eight years old) with English-speaking friends were recorded and the use of language play was examined. Language play is viewed as a non-literal, rule-bound use of language that children engage in for its own sake, either cooperatively or competitively. Practice opportunities and children's…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Elementary School Students
Plazewski, Joseph G.; Allen, Vernon L. – 1977
A study was conducted of the capacity of sixth-grade children to communicate accurately paralinguistic affect. A dependent measure indicating the accuracy of paralinguistic communication of affect was obtained by comparing the level of affect which children intended to encode with ratings of vocal inflections from adult judges. Four independent…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Language, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
