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Boomstra, Nienke W.; van Dijk, Marijn W. G.; van Geert, Paul L. C. – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
This article describes a study on mutuality in mother-child interaction during reading and playing sessions. Within mother-child interaction, mutuality is seen as important in language acquisition. The study was executed within a group of Netherlands Antillean mother-child dyads who participated in an intervention programme. Mutuality was…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction, Intervention
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Zhang, Chenyi; Diamond, Karen E.; Powell, Douglas R. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
Large-group circle time is an important component of many preschool classrooms' daily schedules. This study scrutinized the teaching content of Head Start teachers' literacy instruction (i.e., the types of literacy concept embedded within the instruction, lexical characteristics of teachers' talk, and elaborations on literacy knowledge) in two…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disadvantaged Youth, Literacy Education, Group Activities
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Barber, Ana Taboada; Gallagher, Melissa; Smith, Peet; Buehl, Michelle M.; Beck, Jori S. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2016
Recent research has emphasized the key role of engagement in helping students succeed in school and beyond. Given the academic struggles that many English learners (ELs) face as they transition to middle school, exploring the facets of engagement in middle school ELs is needed. We established reader profiles for eight sixth grade Hispanic ELs and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Spanish Speaking, Cognitive Processes