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Body-Worn Cameras as a Research Tool in Early Years Settings: Strengths and Weaknesses
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Richardson, Tanya – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2023
This paper discusses the innovative research method of using body-worn cameras for capturing speech and experiences of 3- to 5-year olds in English early years settings. The strengths and weaknesses will be discussed in this multiple case study approach to capturing the quality of speech from young children (n = 43). Adopting an interactionist…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Classroom Observation Techniques, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Assessing Early Learning through Formative Assessment: Key Issues and Considerations
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Dunphy, Elizabeth – Irish Educational Studies, 2010
At all levels of education the assessment of learning is generally regarded as an integral part of teachers' work. For early childhood teachers, i.e., those who work with children in the age-range birth to six years, there are very particular considerations arising from the characteristics of young learners and the nature of early learning. This…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Child Development
Pragmatic Language Assessment: A Pragmatics-as-Social Practice Model
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Hyter, Yvette D. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2007
Pragmatic language skills are important for developing relationships with others, and for communicating with a range of interlocutors in a variety of contexts, including preschool and elementary school classrooms. Pragmatic language difficulties frequently are a primary area of disability for children diagnosed with autism, Asperger's syndrome,…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Asperger Syndrome, Pragmatics
The Effects of a High-Probability Instruction Sequence and Response-Independent Reinforcer Delivery on Child Compliance
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Bullock, Chrystin; Normand, Matthew P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
We compared the effects of a high-probability (high-"p") instruction sequence and a fixed-time (FT) schedule of reinforcement on the compliance of 2 typically developing children. A multielement experimental design with a reversal component was implemented according to a multiple baseline across participants arrangement. Both the high-"p" and FT…
Descriptors: Research Design, Compliance (Psychology), Reinforcement, Child Development
Enhancing Generalized Teaching Strategy Use in Daily Routines by Parents of Children with Autism
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Kashinath, Shubha; Woods, Juliann; Goldstein, Howard – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of facilitating generalized use of teaching strategies by parents of children with autism within daily routines. Method: Five preschool children with autism participated in intervention with a parent within daily routines in the family's home. Parents learned to include 2 teaching…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Intervention, Preschool Children, Generalization
Assessing Early Communicative Ability: A Cross-Reporter Cumulative Score for the MacArthur CDI
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De Houwer, Annick; Bornstein, Marc H.; Leach, Diane B. – Journal of Child Language, 2005
Thirty middle- to upper middle-class monolingual Dutch speaking families consisting of at least a mother and a father completed the Infant Form "Words and Gestures" of the Dutch adaptation of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory for the same child at 1;1. Considerable inter- and intrafamily variation emerged in how two (or three)…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Indo European Languages, Language Acquisition, Communicative Competence (Languages)