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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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Acoustic analysis of lexical tone in Mandarin infant-directed speech
Liu, Huei-Mei, July 2007
Developmental Psychology, 43(4), 912-917

A comparison between the acoustics and inflection of language of Mandarin-Chinese mothers when speaking to their 10-12 month-old infants and when speaking to adults, based on vocal recordings of 16 mothers

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Acquisition of hearing, listening and speech skills by and during key stage 1
Robinshaw, Helen, August 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(6 & 7), 661- 678

An examination of the relationship between effective classroom teaching and factors that may affect listening and speech skills in children between the ages of 5 and 7, including classroom acoustic environments, reduced hearing sensitivity, and underdeveloped listening skills

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Action speaks louder than words: Young children differentially weight perceptual, social, and linguistic cues to learn verbs
Brandone, Amanda C., July 2007
Child Development, 78(4), 1322-1342

An exploration of the ways that children utilize perceptual, social, and linguistic cues in order to learn verbs, using data from three experiments conducted with 21- to 24-month-old children

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Aesthetic experience and early language and literacy development
Johnson, Helen L., April 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(3), 311-320

An exploration of the connections between theory and research in language development and children’s engagement with the arts, and their implications for early childhood classroom practice

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An analysis of Utah’s K-3 Reading Improvement Program
Makkonen, Reino, June 2007
(Issues & Answers, REL 2007-No. 002). Washington, DC: Regional Educational Laboratory West.

An analysis of the adherence to state legislation of school districts and charter schools receiving matching state funds through Utah’s Reading Improvement Program

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Assessment and decision-making in early childhood education and intervention
Strand, Paul S., April 2007
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16(2), 209-218

An account of the use of an inductive-experimental teaching assessment model to improve children’s letter recognition scores at a Head Start center

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Association between nonmaternal care in the first year of life and children's receptive language skills prior to school entry: The moderating role of socioeconomic status
Geoffroy, Marie-Claude, May, 2007
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(5), 490-497

A longitudinal examination of the role of family socioeconomic status in the relationship between nonmaternal child care in the first year of life and young children's developing language skills

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Attitudes about shared reading among at-risk mothers of newborn babies
Berkule, Samantha B., January-February 2007
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7(1), 45-50

An examination of low income, multi ethnic mothers' attitudes in terms of shared book reading with their infants, the number of books in their homes and the relation between sociodemographic characteristics and the mothers' attitudes

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College students' beliefs about preschooler's literacy development: Results from a national study of Jumpstart
Adler, Martha A., Fall 2007
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 9(2)

An exploration of changes in college students' beliefs about preschool literacy development after their involvement in a yearlong intensive program on the topic, from survey data of 941 participants in a large-scale national service Jumpstart program and 24 public university student participants in a smaller local Jumpstart program

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Complexity, movement, and text familiarity: Correlates of visual attention to onscreen print
Linebarger, Deborah L., 30 April, 2007
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Children's Media Lab. (No longer accessible as of December 19, 2012).

A study of the relationship of onscreen movement and text complexity in Between the Lions, an educational television program, to children's visual attention to onscreen text

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Constructing language: Evidence from a French-English bilingual child
Macrory, Gee, 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(6 & 7), 781-792

An examination of the emergence and development of structures in two languages for bilingual children, drawing evidence from a case study of a French-English bilingual child, focusing on the development of questions in both languages

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Context matters: The interrelatedness of early literacy skills, developmental health, and community demographics
Lesaux, Nonie K., 2007
Early Education and Development, 18(3), 497-518

A population-level study of the relationships between school-level early literacy rates, developmental health of the population, and demographic factors, in 23 schools from one school district in British Columbia, Canada

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Cross-sectional predictors of reading to young children among participants in the Texas WIC program
Harris, Karol Kaye, Spring 2007
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 21(3), 254-268

An analysis of survey data from a sample of 600 mothers visiting selected Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinics in Texas in 2003, on their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors concerning reading to their young children

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Can toddlers learn vocabulary from television?: An experimental approach
Krcmar, Marina, 2007
Media Psychology, 10(1), 1-23

An investigation of young children?s ability to learn vocabulary quickly from television programs, also known as fast mapping, based on a sample of 48 toddlers between the ages of 15 and 24 months

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A culpable CALP: Rethinking the conversational/academic language proficiency distinction in early literacy instruction
Aukerman, Maren, April 2007
The Reading Teacher, 60(7), 626-635

A proposal for reconsidering the roles of, and relationships between, basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS) and cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) in teaching English as a Second Language to young students

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Developing the communicative competence and narrative thinking of four and five year olds in educational settings
Wilde, Melanie E., August 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(6 & 7), 679-696

An investigation of a method to stimulate the development of narrative thinking and communication skills among 13 four and five year old children in England

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Dual language and literacy development of Spanish-speaking preschool children
Paez, Mariela M., March-April 2007
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 28(2), 85-102

An examination of bilingual preschool children's oral language and emergent literacy skills as compared with the skills of a sample of monolingual, Spanish-speaking preschool children in Puerto Rico

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Early intervention with children of dyslexic parents: Effects of computer-based reading instruction at home on literacy acquisition
Regtvoort, Anne G.F.M., 2007
Learning and Individual Differences, 17(1), 35-53

An evaluation of the effectiveness of early computer-assisted, phonics-based reading instruction in preventing severe reading problems in children with a dyslexic parent, based on a study of 73 Dutch children between ages 5 and 6

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Early literacy: Quality teaching and learning in Pasifika early childhood education
Mara, Diane, 2007
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

An exploration of teacher beliefs towards children's acquisition of Samoan language and literacy skills and their practices that accompany these beliefs, based on information gathered through a year-long project to improve children's early literacy skills in Pasifika, New Zealand

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Early literacy: Quality teaching and learning in Pasifika early childhood education [Executive summary]
Mara, Diane, 2007
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

A summary of an exploration of teacher beliefs towards children's acquisition of Samoan language and literacy skills and their practices that accompany these beliefs, based on information gathered through a year-long project to improve children's early literacy skills in Pasifika, New Zealand

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The ecology of early reading development for children in poverty
Kainz, Kirsten, May 2007
Elementary School Journal, 107(5), 407-427

An investigation of the associations between children's reading skills at kindergarten entry and the characteristics of the child, the family, and the school environment, based on a sample of 1,913 economically disadvantaged children

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The effects of the Arkansas Better Chance program on young children's school readiness
Hustedt, Jason T., January 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A study of the effects of Arkansas Better Chance, a state-funded child care and early education program for preschool-age children from low-income families, on the literacy, language, and math development of children entering kindergarten

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The effects of the Arkansas Better Chance program on young children's school readiness [Executive summary]
Hustedt, Jason T., January 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A summary of a study of the effects of Arkansas Better Chance, a state-funded child care and early education program for preschool-age children from low-income families, on the literacy, language, and math development of children entering kindergarten

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