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Blaga, Otilia M.; Shaddy, D. Jill; Anderson, Christa J.; Kannass, Kathleen N.; Little, Todd D.; Colombo, John – Intelligence, 2009
We evaluated over 200 participants semiannually from 12 to 48 months of age on measures of intellectual (Bayley Scales, Stanford-Binet Scale) and verbal (MacArthur-Bates Inventory, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test) status. Structural equation modeling and hierarchical linear (growth curve) analyses were applied to address the nature of development…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Preschool Children, Infants, Intellectual Development

Corkum, Valerie; Dunham, Philip – Journal of Child Language, 1996
Examines the CDI-WORDS Short Form vocabulary checklist as an index of language production. The study focuses on the associations between this short form and directly observed measures of lexical production; the associations between short-form checklists administered at different ages; the predictive associations between short form scores and…
Descriptors: Age, Associative Learning, Child Language, Intellectual Development
Miscione, John L.; And Others – 1977
This study investigated preschool children's understanding of the words "know" and "guess." Subjects for the study were 48 male and female preschool children ranging in age from 3.6 to 6.6 years. The children were divided into three age groups representing one year intervals. The task for the study involved a "guessing" game in which a colored…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Developmental Stages
Richards, Meredith Martin – 1978
The recent experimental literature on the acquisition of English antonyms is reviewed, with special reference to the position of Eve Clark and the particular ontogenetic assumptions her position entails. The assumptions examined are: (1) in a hierarchically organized lexical domain, the order of acquisition appears to be from the top of the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation
Rainey, Ernestine Wells – 1968
To produce and evaluate a language development program for culturally deprived preschool children based on characteristics of Piaget's theory of intelligence, a 6-week experimental study was carried out in Project Headstart, Starkville, Mississippi. Randomly-selected, 45 Negro Headstart enrollees made up three groups--two were taught the…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged