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Aboriginal young children's language and literacy development: Progress, promising practices, and needs
Ball, Jessica, April 2007
London, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network.

A compendium of information on the speech and language development of aboriginal children under six years old living in Canada, and a proposal for a national strategy to support the language and literacy development of these children

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Aboriginal young children's language and literacy development: Progress, promising practices, and needs [Executive summary]
Ball, Jessica, April, 2007
London, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network.

A summary of a compendium of information on the speech and language development of aboriginal children under six years old living in Canada, and a proposal for a national strategy to support the language and literacy development of these children

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Behaviour and skills in six-year-old children in a 'high risk' programme
Knivsberg, Ann-Mari, 2007
British Journal of Special Education, 34(1), 10-18

An analysis of the correlation between behavior problems and cognitive, linguistic, and motor skills in a sample of 31 children, with an average age of 6 years and 4 months, enrolled in a special education program for children with problem behavior in Norway

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Effective Pre-School and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): Influences on children’s attainment and progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive outcomes in year 5
Sammons, Pam, February 2007
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

An examination of the degree to which attendance at particular preschools and primary schools impact children’s cognitive and socio-behavioral development, based on study data from the end of children’s fifth year of primary school

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Effective Pre-School and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): Influences on children’s attainment and progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive outcomes in year 5 [Research brief]
Sammons, Pam, February 2007
[Brief No: RB828]. Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A summary of a study of the degree to which attendance at particular preschools and primary schools impact children’s cognitive and socio-behavioral development, based on study data from the end of children’s fifth year of primary school

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Effective Pre-School and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): Influences on children’s attainment and progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive outcomes in year 5 [Summary report]
Sammons, Pam, 2007
[Research Report No 828]. Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A summary of a study of the degree to which attendance at particular preschools and primary schools impact children’s cognitive and socio-behavioral development, based on study data from the end of children’s fifth year of primary school

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Generalization of learning from picture books to novel test conditions by 18- and 24-month-old children
Simcock, Gabrielle, November 2007
Developmental Psychology, 43(6), 1568-1578

An exploration of children's ability to follow assembly instructions under varying conditions, based on three experiments conducted with small groups of 18 and 24 month-old children

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How toddlers and preschoolers learn to uniquely identify referents for others: A training study
Matthews, Danielle, November/December 2007
Child Development, 78(6), 1744-1759

An investigation of the effectiveness of feedback and differing training conditions on the learning of sophisticated referring strategies among a sample of 224 children aged 2-4 in the UK

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Increases in the verbal and fluid cognitive abilities of disadvantaged children attending preschool in the Netherlands
van Tuijl, Cathy, Q2 2007
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 22(2), 188-203

A longitudinal study of the cognitive development of preschool children from low-income, ethnic-minority families over a period of two and a half years

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The language patterns of preschool children in the computer environment
Feng, Shoudong, Summer 2007
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 21(4), 341-351

An analysis of linguistic structures and categorization of children’s speech at the computer center of a rural Head Start program site in the Southern United States

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Million dollar babies: Why infants can’t be hardwired for success
Mead, Sara, April 2007
Washington, DC: Education Sector.

A critique of the use of and public support for products designed to enhance the brain development of infants and toddlers through exposure to music

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Parental involvement in young children's computer use and cognitive development
McCarrick, Katy, August 2007
NHSA Dialog, 10(2), 67-82

An investigation of the relationship between parental involvement in computer use and cognitive development in their children in four Head Start centers with a total of 8 classrooms without a computer but with a computer in the home

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The possum story: Reflections of an early childhood drama teacher
Deans, Jan, December 2007
Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 32(4), 1-6

A discussion of the role of the teacher in the use of drama instruction to promote children’s problem solving skills, based on a reflection of one early childhood drama teacher in Melbourne, Australia

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Supporting online material for: Preschool Program Improves Cognitive Control
Diamond, Adele, November 30, 2007
Science, 318

Supplemental material to an experimental study of the effect of Tools of the Mind, a curriculum designed to increase social and emotional self-regulation, on the executive function of a sample of 147 low-income preschool children

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Trying to make a lever work at ages 1 to 4: The development of “functions” (Logico-Mathematical Thinking)
Kamii, Constance, 2007
Early Education and Development, 18(1), 145-161

An exploration of Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development that tests the ability of preoperational children from ages 1 to 4 to manipulate objects, using observations of 73 children asked to imitate the use of a lever

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Working memory and early mathematics: Possibilities for early identification of mathematics learning disabilities
Kroesbergen, Evelyn H., 2007
Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, 20, 1-19

A study of the correlation between children's scores on the Early Numeracy Test (ENT) and five aspects of working memory in a sample of 240 kindergarteners, and a study of the relationship between ENT scores and the executive function planning in a sample of 111 kindergarteners

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Young children acquiring second language vocabulary in preschool group-time: Does amount, diversity, and discourse complexity of teacher talk matter?
Aukrust, Vibeke Grover, Fall 2007
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 22(1), 17-37

A study of the relationship between exposure to second-language discourse of teachers in preschool and children's second-language vocabulary acquisition in preschool and by first grade, based on data collected from 27 native Turkish-speaking children in Norwegian-speaking environments

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Young children's discourse strategies during block play: a Bakhtinian approach
Cohen, Lynn, Spring 2007
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 21(3), 302-315

An interpretation of findings from an observational study of nineteen 5-year old children’s communication strategies during block play, based on the theoretical framework of Russian language philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin

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Zinc, iron, and lead: Relations to Head Start children's cognitive scores and teachers' ratings of behavior
Hubbs-Tait, Laura, January 2007
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107(1), 128-133

An examination of the relation between Head Start children's iron, zinc, and lead levels and their cognitive development and scores on standardized tests as well as teachers' ratings of behavior

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