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Practicing Possibilities: Parents' Explanations of Unusual Events and Children's Possibility Thinking
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Nolan-Reyes, Charlotte; Callanan, Maureen A.; Haigh, Kirsten A. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2016
Young children tend to judge improbable events to be impossible, yet there is variability across age and across individuals. Our study examined parent-child conversations about impossible and improbable events and links between parents' explanations about those events and children's possibility judgments in a reasoning task. Regression analyses…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Young Children, Regression (Statistics), Reading Aloud to Others
Shared Storybook Reading in the Preschool Setting and Considerations for Young Children's Theory of Mind Development
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Martucci, Katrina – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2016
Verbal interaction with others has been identified as an important forum for children's developing understanding of the thoughts and feelings of others -- their theory of mind. However, conversational interactions in settings and relationships important to young children beyond the home and family have received little attention in research…
Descriptors: Young Children, Theory of Mind, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Look Closer: The Alertness of People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities during Multi-Sensory Storytelling, a Time Sequential Analysis
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Ten Brug, Annet; Munde, Vera S.; van der Putten, Annette A.J.; Vlaskamp, Carla – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2015
Introduction: Multi-sensory storytelling (MSST) is a storytelling method designed for individuals with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). It is essential that listeners be alert during MSST, so that they become familiar with their personalised stories. Repetition and the presentation of stimuli are likely to affect the…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Attention, Teaching Methods
Maternal Literacy Practices and Toddlers' Emergent Literacy Skills
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Edwards, Claire Maples – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2014
Maternal emergent literacy practices during shared-reading interactions with 18-36-month-old toddlers were examined. The investigation of emergent literacy behaviours of both mothers and toddlers investigated included the examination of phonological awareness and written language awareness. Participants included 15 mother-toddler dyads from middle…
Descriptors: Mothers, Reading Habits, Literacy, Reading Aloud to Others
Parents Reading with Their Toddlers: The Role of Personalization in Book Engagement
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Kucirkova, Natalia; Messer, David; Whitelock, Denise – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2013
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of personalized books on parents' and children's engagement during shared book reading. Seven native English parents and their children aged between 12 and 33 months were observed at home when sharing a book made specifically for the child (i.e. a personalized book), a comparable book with no…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Reading Aloud to Others, Toddlers, Observation
Instructional Variables of Inclusive Elementary Classrooms in Turkey
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Sucuoglu, Nimet Bulbin; Akalin, Selma; Pinar, Elif Sazak – International Journal of Special Education, 2014
The purpose of this study is twofold: to determine the instructional variables of the inclusive classrooms in Turkey and to investigate to what extent the student behaviors change according to eco-behavioral characteristics of inclusive classrooms. The study group consisted of 44 students between the ages of six and 12 with mild disabilities who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Mainstreaming