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Caregiver Talk to Young Spanish-English Bilinguals: Comparing Direct Observation and Parent-Report Measures of Dual-Language Exposure
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Marchman, Virginia A.; Martínez, Lucía Z.; Hurtado, Nereyda; Grüter, Theres; Fernald, Anne – Developmental Science, 2017
In research on language development by bilingual children, the early language environment is commonly characterized in terms of the relative amount of exposure a child gets to each language based on parent report. Little is known about how absolute measures of child-directed speech in two languages relate to language growth. In this study of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Spanish Speaking, English, Parent Attitudes
Quality of Social and Physical Environments in Preschools and Children's Development of Academic, Language, and Literacy Skills
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Mashburn, Andrew J. – Applied Developmental Science, 2008
This study examined associations between quality of social and physical environments in preschools and children's development of academic, language, and literacy skills, and the extent to which preschool quality moderated the associations between child risk and development. Participants were a diverse sample of 540 four-year-old children in…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Family Income, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth