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Blake, Ira Kincade – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1993
Transcribed the speech of 3 African-American mothers and their 19- to 27-month-old children over a 9-month period. Compared to the language of Euro-American children described in earlier studies, the language of these African-American children developed similarly in length and semantic-syntactic relations but included more talk about needs, wants,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Language Acquisition, Language Usage, Longitudinal Studies
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Carraher, Terezinha Nunes – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986
Deals with knowledge of scalar transformations among Brazilian students and construction foremen. Compares students' mathematical experience to foremen's. Reports study on students' and foremen's performance in solving scale drawing problems. Discusses aspects of relationship between learning mathematical procedures in school and daily life and…
Descriptors: Blueprints, Construction Industry, Foreign Countries, Grade 7