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Okyay, Ozlem; Kandir, Adalet – European Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This study aims to review the impact of the interactive story reading method on 48-72 month children's vocabulary based on receptive and expressive language. The study group is 52 children in the 48-72 months age group at the nurseries of primary schools at Ankara province. The research employed a combined pattern analyzing both quantitative and…
Descriptors: Story Reading, Expressive Language, Vocabulary Development, Control Groups
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Gillis, Randall; Nilsen, Elizabeth S. – First Language, 2014
To become successful communicators, children must be sensitive to the clarity/ambiguity of language. Significant gains in children's ability to detect communicative ambiguity occur during the early school-age years. However, little is known about the cognitive abilities that support this development. Relations between cognitive flexibility and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Preschool Children, Language Acquisition, Ambiguity (Semantics)
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Mechling, Linda C.; Hunnicutt, Jenny R. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
This investigation examined the effects of computer-based video self-modeling on the receptive understanding of six prepositions by three students with a diagnosis of moderate intellectual disabilities. Using a multiple probe design across three sets of prepositions, video captions were paired with photographs on the computer in order to simulate…
Descriptors: Moderate Mental Retardation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Video Technology, Photography