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Yue Ma; Lucy Pappas; Xinwu Zhang; Tianli Feng; Sarah Eve-Dill; Scott Rozelle; Ann Weber – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
Research suggests that elements of the family environment may have significant associations with cognitive and language development outcomes. Less is known, however, about the family environment in peri-urban China, where rates of cognitive and language delay in children aged 0-3 years are as high as 51% and 54%, respectively. Using data collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Toddlers, Language Acquisition
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Meisels, Samuel J.; Wen, Xiaoli; Beachy-Quick, Kristy – Applied Developmental Science, 2010
This study used a mixed methods methodology to investigate the reliability and validity of the Ounce Scale, an authentic, observational assessment of infants' and toddlers' development from birth through 42 months of age. Quantitative cross-sectional data were collected from 287 children and 124 teachers in seven urban Early Head Start programs;…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Measures (Individuals), Infants, Toddlers
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Cabrera, Natasha J.; Shannon, Jacqueline D.; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine – Applied Developmental Science, 2007
We present findings based on several of our recent studies that have shown that father engagement has significant effects on children's cognition and language at 24 and 36 months and their social and emotional development at 24, 36 months, and pre-Kindergarten. These studies are guided by the Dynamics of Paternal Influences on Children over the…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Preschool Children, Depression (Psychology), Fathers