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Download full textQuisenberry, Nancy L.; And Others – 1980
The bibliography lists information on approximately 200 special education materials that may be used by regular teachers (K-12) in mainstreamed settings. Materials are organized according to 15 topic areas: language development, reading, grammar and English, spelling and vocabulary, mathematics, social studies and history, science, health…
Descriptors: Art, Consumer Education, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Meade, Anne, Comp.; Marland, Elaine, Comp. – 1984
An educational history of the Early Childhood Unit of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research is included as an introduction to this bibliography. Bibliographic items are grouped under 19 headings: child abuse, child advocacy, child development, child language and reading, disabilities, early childhood education, educational facilities,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Monighan, Patricia – 1985
Theoretical correspondences between the language and play development of young children and developmental aspects of play and speech are discussed prior to a report of a study comparing categories of cognitive complexity nested within social categories of solitary play and self speech. Participants were 36 preschool boys and girls approximately…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Language, Childrens Games
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1985
Contributed by high school English teachers from across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Activities described in the first section of the booklet focus on language exploration and include familiarizing students with dictionary information,…
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Educational Games, English
Perry, Pat; Cater, Margot – 1976
The Kindergarten Screening Instrument consists of five sub-scales and attempts to screen for possible difficulty in the areas of distant vision, hearing, eye-hand coordination, language learning, and gross motor performance. In response to many requests for follow-up activities after screening, this manual was prepared by Volunteers in Public…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Bibliographies, Books, Childrens Literature
Liu, Stella S. F. – 1978
A study was conducted to compare the language of preschool children from low-income homes to that of their parents, as affected by the adult participation in training sessions planned to encourage language development. The study was conducted in three preschools in the Detriot metropolitan area. A total of 96 children from ages 2 1/2 to 5…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills
McClure, Erica – 1978
This research study focuses on two interrelated aspects of the development of bilingualism, the development of awareness of two separate linguistic systems and the occurence of interference phenomena. The research was conducted in a small town in East Central Illinois. The sample for the study included all the Mexican-American children enrolled in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language
Horvath, Barbara – 1975
The research reported in this paper is concerned with three questions. Are the processes of language development complete by the time children begin school? What is the order of the emergence of control of grammatical rules? And is that order similar for first and second language learners? The data used in the analysis come from a project centered…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Child Language, Children, Elementary Education
Shepherd, Terry R. – 1977
This paper suggests an approach to communication skills which views these skills, in first and second language acquisition, as related, integrated "language-experiences." Three examples of language-experience situations are presented, the first dealing with native language acquisition, and the other two with second language learning. Thirty-two…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Education, English Instruction
Gonzalez-Mena, Janet; Eyer, Dianne Widmeyer – 1980
Designed for caregivers who work with infants in day care centers, family day care programs, Home Start infant programs, and programs for the developmentally disabled, this book provides guidelines for establishing a respectful, responsive, and reciprocal relationship between the caregiver and the infant. Ten principles for promoting this kind of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Classroom Environment
Peng, Fred C. C., Ed. – 1978
A collection of research materials on sign language and primatology is presented here. The essays attempt to show that: sign language is a legitimate language that can be learned not only by humans but by nonhuman primates as well, and nonhuman primates have the capability to acquire a human language using a different mode. The following…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Anthropology, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Wolf, Maryanne, Ed.; And Others – 1980
The purpose of this book is to bring together essays--first published in the "Harvard Educational Review"--that identify and explicate critical issues and positions on language and reading, examine many educational and political problems arising from these issues, and illuminate the historical and philosophical developments that have made literacy…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Bassano, Sharron – 1979
English as a second language for the non-academically oriented adult can be facilitated bY structuring their early linguistic input in a way similar to the way a parent structures input for a child learning a first language. The four components through which children learn their native language and which also concern adult learning are: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adults, Class Activities, Educationally Disadvantaged
Mayall, Berry; Petrie, Pat – 1977
This book reports an observational study of the quality of care given by 39 registered childminders in four London boroughs to 40 two-year-old children (25 boys and 15 girls). Minders and most of the 28 mothers involved were interviewed at home. Children were observed both at home and at their minders' homes. Children's language skills were also…
Descriptors: Activities, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
AMSDEN, CONSTANCE; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES PLANS FOR A PROGRAM FOR MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL THROUGH THIRD GRADE AT THE MALABAR STREET SCHOOL IN EAST LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. IN CONTRAST TO THE TRADITIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM, THE PROGRAM WILL EMPHASIZE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY VERBAL MEDIATION SKILLS. READING INSTRUCTION WILL BE BASED ON…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Black Students, Child Development, Community Centers
