Search Results - "Laura M. Justice"

Conditions of Poverty, Parent–Child Interactions, and Toddlers’ Early Language Skills in Low-Income Families by Justice, Laura M., Jiang, Hui, Purtell, Kelly M., Schmeer, Kammi, Boone, Kelly, Bates, Randi, Salsberry, Pamela J.

“…Objectives The study examined the relations between parent–child interaction in the first year of life to toddlers’ language skills at age 2 years for a sample…”
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ARE IMPACTS OF EARLY INTERVENTIONS IN THE SCANDINAVIAN WELFARE STATE CONSISTENT WITH A HECKMAN CURVE? A META‐ANALYSIS by Rosholm, Michael, Paul, Alexander, Bleses, Dorthe, Højen, Anders, S. Dale, Philip, Jensen, Peter, M. Justice, Laura, Svarer, Michael, Calmar Andersen, Simon

“…“Early intervention” has been a mantra in recent debates about human capital investment. Strong theoretical models motivate this focus by predicting that…”
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Evaluating the accuracy of automated processing of child and adult language production in preschool classrooms by Pelfrey, G Logan, Justice, Laura M, Gonzalez Villasanti, Hugo, Foster, Tiffany J

“…Young children's language and social development is influenced by the linguistic environment of their classrooms, including their interactions with teachers…”
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Automatized analysis of children's exposure to child-directed speech in reschool settings: Validation and application by Gonzalez Villasanti, Hugo, Justice, Laura M, Chaparro-Moreno, Leidy Johana, Lin, Tzu-Jung, Purtell, Kelly

“…The present study explored whether a tool for automatic detection and recognition of interactions and child-directed speech (CDS) in preschool classrooms could…”
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The preschool classroom linguistic environment: Children's first-person experiences by Chaparro-Moreno, Leydi Johana, Justice, Laura M, Logan, Jessica A R, Purtell, Kelly M, Lin, Tzu-Jung

“…The linguistic environment of the classroom is influential to young children's language development. To date, however, literature on the linguistic environment…”
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Parents’ Growth Mindsets and Home-Learning Activities: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Danish and US Parents by Justice, Laura M., Purtell, Kelly M., Bleses, Dorthe, Cho, Sugene

“…Mindset is a term commonly used to represent an individual’s beliefs about the role of ability and effort in learning. In this study, we assessed parental…”
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How Many Letters Should Preschoolers in Public Programs Know? The Diagnostic Efficiency of Various Preschool Letter-Naming Benchmarks for Predicting First-Grade Literacy Achievement by Piasta, Shayne B, Petscher, Yaacov, Justice, Laura M

“…Review of current federal and state standards indicates little consensus or empirical justification regarding appropriate goals, often referred to as…”
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Associations Between Children’s Media Use and Language and Literacy Skills by Dore, Rebecca A., Logan, Jessica, Lin, Tzu-Jung, Purtell, Kelly M., Justice, Laura M.

“…Media use is a pervasive aspect of children’s home experiences but is often not considered in studies of the home learning environment. Media use could be…”
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Quality of language and literacy instruction in preschool classrooms serving at-risk pupils by Justice, Laura M., Mashburn, Andrew J., Hamre, Bridget K., Pianta, Robert C.

“…Policy-makers, administrators, researchers, and teachers are increasingly vested in ensuring the quality of preschool instruction, particularly in the areas of…”
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Influences of Teacher–Child Relationships and Classroom Social Management on Child-Perceived Peer Social Experiences During Early School Years by Chen, Jing, Jiang, Hui, Justice, Laura M., Lin, Tzu-Jung, Purtell, Kelly M., Ansari, Arya

“…Interactions with teachers and peers are critical for children’s social, behavioral, and academic development in the classroom context. However, these two…”
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Influence of Teachers' Grouping Strategies on Children's Peer Social Experiences in Early Elementary Classrooms by Kim, Saetbyul, Lin, Tzu-Jung, Chen, Jing, Logan, Jessica, Purtell, Kelly M, Justice, Laura M

“…Most children experience some form of grouping in the classroom every day. Understanding how teachers make grouping decisions and their impacts on children's…”
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Influence of Verbal and Nonverbal References to Print on Preschoolers' Visual Attention to Print During Storybook Reading by Justice, Laura M, Pullen, Paige C, Pence, Khara

“…How much do preschool children look at print within storybooks when adults read to them? This study sought to answer this question as well as to examine the…”
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Triple Alignment: Congruency of Perceived Preschool Classroom Social Networks Among Teachers, Children, and Researchers by Chen, Jing, Lin, Tzu-Jung, Jiang, Hui, Justice, Laura M., Purtell, Kelly M., Logan, Jessica A. R.

“…Classroom social networks are influential to young children’s cognitive, social–emotional, and language development, but assessment and analyses of social…”
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Phonological awareness emergence in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder by Dynia, Jaclyn M, Bean, Allison, Justice, Laura M, Kaderavek, Joan N

“…Background and aims Phonological awareness begins to develop during the preschool years and is a primary factor underlying later reading abilities. Previous…”
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An investigation of four hypotheses concerning the order by which 4-year-old children learn the alphabet letters by Justice, Laura M., Pence, Khara, Bowles, Ryan B., Wiggins, Alice

“…This study tested four complementary hypotheses to characterize intrinsic and extrinsic influences on the order with which preschool children learn the names…”
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Impacts of Teacher-Child Managed Whole-Group Language and Literacy Instruction on the Depth of Preschoolers' Social Interaction by Lin, Tzu-Jung, Justice, Laura M., Emery, Alyssa A., Mashburn, Andrew J., Pentimonti, Jill M.

“…Research Findings: This study examined the potential impacts of ongoing participation (twice weekly for 30 weeks) in teacher-child managed whole-group language…”
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Modeling the Early Language Trajectory of Language Development When the Measures Change and Its Relation to Poor Reading Comprehension by Petscher, Yaacov, Justice, Laura M., Hogan, Tiffany

“…This study examined change in early language comprehension from 15 to 54 months for fifth-grade typical readers (n = 35), poor decoders (n = 11), or poor…”
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Inference generation, story comprehension, and language skills in the preschool years by Tompkins, Virginia, Guo, Ying, Justice, Laura M.

“…Several researchers have shown that children’s ability to make inferences is related to their reading comprehension. The majority of research on this topic has…”
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A multi-method investigation of literacy and language practices in Mexican early childhood programs by Justice, Laura M., Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria, Gonzalez, Jorge, Bengochea, Alain, McCormick, Anita

“…This study was designed to examine the literacy and language development processes and practices used in Mexican preschools. Participants were 18 early…”
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Peer Effects in Preschool Classrooms: Is Children's Language Growth Associated With Their Classmates' Skills? by Justice, Laura M., Petscher, Yaacov, Schatschneider, Christopher, Mashburn, Andrew

“…With an increasing number of young children participating in preschool education, this study determined whether peer effects are present in this earliest…”
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