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Brandl, Eva; Emmott, Emily H.; Mace, Ruth – Child Development, 2023
Teaching is an important mechanism of social learning. In industrialized societies, 3-year-olds tend to teach through demonstrations and short commands, while 5-year-olds use more verbal communication and abstract explanations. However, it remains unclear whether this generalizes to other cultures. This study presents results from a peer teaching…
Descriptors: Children, Peer Teaching, Teaching Methods, Verbal Communication
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Piasta, Shayne B.; Justice, Laura M.; McGinty, Anita S.; Kaderavek, Joan N. – Child Development, 2012
Longitudinal results for a randomized-controlled trial (RCT) assessing the impact of increasing preschoolers' attention to print during reading are reported. Four-year-old children (N = 550) in 85 classrooms experienced a 30-week shared reading program implemented by their teachers. Children in experimental classrooms experienced shared-book…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs, Emergent Literacy, Reading Instruction