Abstract “Early intervention” has been a mantra in recent debates about human capital investment. Strong theoretical models motivate this focus by predicting that investment in …
The authors of the article analyze the advantages and disadvantages of group activities of older preschool children. The article focuses on the importance of children's experimentation …
MJ Wilcox, S Gray, M Reiser - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2020 - Elsevier
Young children with developmental speech and/or language impairment (DSLI) often fail to develop oral language and early literacy skills that are foundational for subsequent …
Teacher–child relationships (TCRs) have been found to play important roles in children's classroom experiences and learning during the elementary school years. Given the …
C McKean, S Reilly - International Journal of Language & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background One of the most significant developmental accomplishments is the emergence of language in early childhood. Whilst this process is effortless for most children, others can …
The first years of life are characterized by rapid learning in several school readiness domains, including language, math, and social-emotional skills, all of which are important for …
V Grøver, V Rydland, JE Gustafsson… - Early Childhood Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examined whether a shared reading intervention in preschools serving multilingual populations in Norway had effects on teacher talk quality and whether these …
The first years of life are foundational for children's cognitive and social–emotional development and to subsequent development in a variety of domains. In many countries, an …
This paper studies the interaction between parental and public inputs in children's skill formation. We perform a longer-run follow-up study of a randomized controlled trial that …