Descriptor
| Sentence Structure | 3 |
| Syntax | 3 |
| Elementary School Students | 2 |
| Language Acquisition | 2 |
| Adults | 1 |
| Child Language | 1 |
| Cognitive Development | 1 |
| Comprehension | 1 |
| Conjunctions | 1 |
| Data Analysis | 1 |
| Developmental Psychology | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Child Development | 3 |
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedBohannon, John Neil, III – Child Development, 1975
This study examined the effects of sentence length and correct syntax on sentence imitation in 54 first-, second-, and fifth-grade elementary school children. The same children were asked to perform an additional discrimination task between normal and scrambled sentences. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedBrown, H, Douglas – Child Development, 1971
Results imply that in early childhood education the language of test instructions and reading programs could be better geared to the child's linguistic competence. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Data Analysis, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedHutson, Barbara A.; Shub, Jeanne – Child Development, 1975
This study examined the factors influencing the choice of the conjunctions "and" or "but" in joining two clauses of a compound sentence. Subjects were students at first-, fourth-, seventh-, and tenth-grade and adult levels. (Author/ED)
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Development, Conjunctions, Elementary School Students
