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Assessment challenges and solutions with young second language learning children
Garcia, Gil, 2000
NHSA Dialog, 3(3), 361-386

A transcript of a dialog between professionals on various approaches to the education of children learning English as a second language

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A book reading intervention with preschool children who have limited vocabularies: The benefits of regular reading and dialogic reading
Hargrave, Anne C., 2000
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15(1), 75-90

A study of the effects of storybook reading on the acquisition of vocabulary for preschool children who have poor vocabulary skills

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Directiveness in teacher's language input to toddlers and preschoolers in day care
Girolametto, Luigi, 2000
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43(5), 1101-1114

An investigation of the correlation between teacher-child directive interaction and child language development, based on a sample of 20 early childhood teachers and their 80 toddler and preschool students in Toronto, Canada

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The effect of a prekindergarten program on kindergarten achievement
Benton, Kim Suzette Miller, 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State

An investigation of the effects of the Little Stars prekindergarten program on kindergarten achievement, based on a sample of 81 children enrolled in kindergarten at Oakland Heights Elementary School in Meridian, Mississippi

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Interpersonal problem solving in preschool and first grade: Developmental change and ecological validity
Youngstrom, Eric, 2000
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 29(4), 589-602

A longitudinal investigation into the correlation between interpersonal cognitive problem solving skills (ICPS), behavior problems and social competence, and developmental progress in children, based on a sample of 208 children in a Head Start center studied over 2 years, using the Preschool Interpersonal Problem Solving (PIPS) task

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Language development of linguistically diverse children in Head Start classrooms: Three ethnographic portraits
Tabors, Patton O., 2000
NHSA Dialog, 3(3), 409-440

An ethnographic inquiry into the acquisition of language skills by English-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and bilingual children, based on observations of children from three Head Start classrooms in the Boston metro-area, assessed using the revised Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-R)

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Maternal parenting characteristics and school involvement: Predictors of kindergarten cognitive competence among Head Start children
Culp, Anne M., 2000
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 15(1), 5-17

An investigation into the influence of maternal parenting characteristics on children’s cognitive development, based on a sample of 114 maternal caregivers and their 5- year old children, assessed using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-R)

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Much more than words: Monitoring and encouraging communication development in early childhood
Lascelles, Jo, 2000
Wellington, New Zealand: Specialist Education Services.

A guide for early childhood educators providing information on assessing potential speech impairments and strategies for early intervention and collaboration with parents and children for the most effective services

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Parental employment and child cognitive development
Ruhm, Christopher J., 2000
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 7666). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

A paper on the effects of maternal and paternal employment during the first three years of life on cognitive development at ages three through six

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Parental involvement: Quantifying parent behavior and its influence on a child's readiness to learn
Carter, V. Yvonne, 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo

An investigation into the links between parent’s behavior towards their children and children’s lingual and social development, based on a sample of 42 Head Start student-parent groups

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Patterns of adult-child linguistic interaction in integrated day care groups
Girolametto, Luigi, 2000
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 31(2), 155-168

A study of the language interactions between child care providers and children with developmental disabilities and language delay in integrated child care centers

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(Re-) Constructing pre-linguistic interpersonal processes to promote language development in young children with deviant or delayed communication skills
Smith, Carolyn A., September 2000
British Journal of Educational Psychology, 70(3), 369-389

An evaluation of an early intervention focused on promoting language development for preschool children with special needs using an interpersonal framework for communication rather than focusing only on speech production

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The relation of child care to cognitive and language development
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2000
Child Development, 71(4), 960-980

An examination of the relationship between early child care experiences and cognitive and language development among 1,364 children, from 10 sites in the United States, enrolled at birth and followed until age 3 to examine cognitive development, language production, and language comprehension as a function of quality and amount of child care

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Summary review of developmental research on language development and emergent literacy in preschool-kindergarten-aged second language learners (SLL)
Gonzales, L. Antonio, 2000
NHSA Dialog, 3(3), 315-328

A transcript of a keynote address on ways to encourage emergent literacy skills in preschool-aged children learning English as a second language

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Toward a technology of dynamic indicators of communicative expression for infants and toddlers
Luze, Gayle J., 2000
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, Early Childhood Research Institute on Measuring Growth and Development.

A paper on the development, feasibility, reliability, and validity of a measure for assessing growth in expressive communication in children birth to age three

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