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Predictors of Language Gains among School-Age Children with Language Impairment in the Public Schools
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Justice, Laura M.; Jiang, Hui; Logan, Jessica A.; Schmitt, Mary Beth – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: This study aimed to identify child-level characteristics that predict gains in language skills for children with language impairment who were receiving therapy within the public schools. The therapy provided represented business-as-usual speech/language treatment provided by speech-language pathologists in the public schools. Method: The…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
Exploring Preschool Children's Science Content Knowledge
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Guo, Ying; Piasta, Shayne B.; Bowles, Ryan P. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to describe children's science content knowledge and examine the early predictors of science content knowledge in a sample of 194 typically developing preschool children. Children's science content knowledge was assessed in the fall (Time 1) and spring (Time 2) of the preschool year. Results showed…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Sciences, Knowledge Level, Predictor Variables
Subgroups in Language Trajectories from 4 to 11 Years: The Nature and Predictors of Stable, Improving and Decreasing Language Trajectory Groups
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McKean, Cristina; Wraith, Darren; Eadie, Patricia; Cook, Fallon; Mensah, Fiona; Reilly, Sheena – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Little is known about the nature, range and prevalence of different subgroups in language trajectories extant in a population from 4 to 11 years. This hinders strategic targeting and design of interventions, particularly targeting those whose difficulties will likely persist. Methods: Children's language abilities from 4 to 11 years…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Child Development, Language Aptitude, Longitudinal Studies
Developing a Comprehensive Model of Risk and Protective Factors That Can Predict Spelling at Age Seven: Findings from a Community Sample of Victorian Children
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Serry, Tanya Anne; Castles, Anne; Mensah, Fiona K.; Bavin, Edith L.; Eadie, Patricia; Pezic, Angela; Prior, Margot; Bretherton, Lesley; Reilly, Sheena – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2015
The paper reports on a study designed to develop a risk model that can best predict single-word spelling in seven-year-old children when they were aged 4 and 5. Test measures, personal characteristics and environmental influences were all considered as variables from a community sample of 971 children. Strong concurrent correlations were found…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Spelling, Young Children
Pretend and Physical Play: Links to Preschoolers' Affective Social Competence
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Lindsey, Eric W.; Colwell, Malinda J. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2013
This study investigated different forms of pretend and physical play as predictors of preschool children's "affective social competence" (ASC). Data were collected from 122 preschool children (57 boys, 65 girls; 86 European American, 9 African American, 17 Hispanic, and 10 other ethnicity) over a 2-year period. Children participated in…
Descriptors: Imagination, Play, Preschool Children, Affective Behavior
Visual, Motor, and Visual-Motor Integration Difficulties in Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Oliver, Kimberly – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect 1 in every 88 U.S. children. ASDs have been described as neurological and developmental disorders impacting visual, motor, and visual-motor integration (VMI) abilities that affect academic achievement (CDC, 2010). Forty-five participants (22 ASD and 23 Typically Developing [TD]) 8 to 14 years old completed…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Comparative Analysis