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School Readiness Among Children With Varying Histories of Language Difficulties by Justice, Laura M, Bowles, Ryan P, Pence Turnbull, Khara L, Skibbe, Lori E

“…This study tested the hypotheses that (a) persistent language difficulties during childhood would predict lower school readiness and (b) language difficulties…”
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Experimental Evaluation of a Preschool Language Curriculum: Influence on Children's Expressive Language Skills by Justice, Laura M, Mashburn, Andrew, Pence, Khara L, Wiggins, Alice

“…Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to investigate child impacts following implementation of a comprehensive language curriculum, the…”
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Assessment in Emergent Literacy by Plural Publishing, Incorporated

“…This practical guide to identifying preschool and early school-aged children's strengths and needs across multiple domains of emergent and early literacy,…”
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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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Preschool Teachers' Fidelity in Implementing a Comprehensive Language-Rich Curriculum by Pence, Khara L, Justice, Laura M, Wiggins, Alice K

“…Purpose: This study examined preschool teachers' fidelity to the language-focused curriculum (LFC; B. Bunce, 1995), a comprehensive classroom curriculum…”
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Educators' Use of Cognitively Challenging Questions in Economically Disadvantaged Preschool Classroom Contexts by Massey, Susan L., Pence, Khara L., Justice, Laura M., Bowles, Ryan P.

“…Research Findings: This study investigated the complexity of teacher questions in 14 preschool classrooms serving economically disadvantaged 4-year-olds. The…”
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Theoretical Explanations for Preschoolers' Lowercase Alphabet Knowledge by Pence Turnbull, Khara L, Bowles, Ryan P, Skibbe, Lori E, Justice, Laura M, Wiggins, Alice K

“…Purpose: Letter knowledge is a key aspect of children's language development, yet relatively little research has aimed to understand the nature of lowercase…”
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Action Speaks Louder Than Words: Young Children Differentially Weight Perceptual, Social, and Linguistic Cues to Learn Verbs by Brandone, Amanda C., Pence, Khara L., Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick, Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy

“…This paper explores how children use two possible solutions to the verb-mapping problem: attention to perceptually salient actions and attention to social and…”
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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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Reading Trajectories of Children with Language Difficulties from Preschool through Fifth Grade by Skibbe, Lori E, Grimm, Kevin J, Stanton-Chapman, Tina L, Justice, Laura M, Pence, Khara L, Bowles, Ryan P

“…Purpose: The current work examined which theory of reading development, the "cumulative reading trajectory or the compensatory trajectory of development," most…”
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Impact of professional development on preschool teachers’ conversational responsivity and children's linguistic productivity and complexity by Piasta, Shayne B., Justice, Laura M., Cabell, Sonia Q., Wiggins, Alice K., Turnbull, Khara Pence, Curenton, Stephanie M.

“…► We examined the efficacy of providing responsivity education to preschool teachers. ► Teachers were randomly assigned to treatment or control. ► Teachers’…”
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The Impact of Teacher Responsivity Education on Preschoolers' Language and Literacy Skills by Cabell, Sonia Q, Justice, Laura M, Piasta, Shayne B, Curenton, Stephanie M, Wiggins, Alice, Turnbull, Khara Pence, Petscher, Yaacov

“…Purpose: This study examined the extent to which teacher responsivity education affected preschoolers' language and literacy development over an academic year…”
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Addressing the Language and Literacy Needs of Vulnerable Children: Innovative Strategies in the Context of Evidence-Based Practice by Justice, Laura M., Pence, Khara L.

“…Innovative language and literacy interventions—those that facilitate change in a way that is theoretically and conceptually different from historical…”
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A scalable tool for assessing children's language abilities within a narrative context: The NAP (Narrative Assessment Protocol) by Justice, Laura M., Bowles, Ryan, Pence, Khara, Gosse, Carolyn

“…Analysis of children's spoken narratives represents a potentially informative approach to language assessment within early childhood settings. Yet, narrative…”
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Preschoolers' Exposure to Language Stimulation in Classrooms Serving At-Risk Children: The Contribution of Group Size and Activity Context by Turnbull, Khara Pence, Anthony, Angela Beckman, Justice, Laura, Bowles, Ryan

“…Research Findings: This research examined preschoolers' exposure to 6 types of language stimulation techniques (LSTs) in classrooms serving at-risk children…”
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Temperament and Language Skills as Predictors of Teacher-Child Relationship Quality in Preschool by Moritz Rudasill, Kathleen, Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E., Justice, Laura M., Pence, Khara

“…Current educational policy emphasizes "school readiness" of young children with a premium placed on preschool interventions that facilitate academic and social…”
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Scaffolding with Storybooks: A Guide for Enhancing Young Children's Language and Literacy Achievement by Justice, Laura M, Pence, Khara L, Beckman, Angela R, Skibbe, Lori E, Wiggins, Alice K

“…Use storybook reading to build the early literacy competencies that preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade students need to become successful readers and…”
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Pence, Khara L., ed.: Assessment in Emergent Literacy

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The input surrounding action verbs in speech to infants and toddlers by Pence, Khara L

“…Infants and toddlers learning action verbs are confronted with an array of linguistic and cognitive challenges, and possibly as a result, verbs are relatively…”
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The input surrounding action verbs in speech to infants and toddlers by Pence, Khara L

“…Infants and toddlers learning action verbs are confronted with an array of linguistic and cognitive challenges, and possibly as a result, verbs are relatively…”
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