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Melby-Lervåg, Monica; Hagen, Åste Mjelve; Lervåg, Arne – Developmental Science, 2020
While we know that interventions targeting oral language can be effective, little is known about what drives these effects. In this study, we examine whether gains in transfer measures are mediated through the specific words that are trained in a language intervention. Based on a large-scale randomized controlled trial of language intervention in…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Transfer of Training, Intervention, Receptive Language
Elliott, M. M.; Washburn, W. V. – 1977
This pamphlet is the second in a series of ten stemming from the view that language is central to learning, that teachers can gain insights into their work and into learning by examining the language of the classroom, and that current language theory can be the means to such insights. The pamphlet contains a description of a study designed to…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Expressive Language, Group Discussion