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The Effect Of Scaffolding On Children's Oral Language Development, Ana Villaurrutia
The Effect Of Scaffolding On Children's Oral Language Development, Ana Villaurrutia
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This was a quasi experimental nonequivalent control group design used with 71 subjects in two Head Start center settings. LAP-D assessment results were also taken in account for the purpose of comparison regarding the dependent variable. The subjects were children 4 and 5 years old who were attending classes in two different Head Start centers. These subjects were students from 2 classrooms from Center One and 2 classrooms from Center Two. In Center One, teachers were trained in the use of scaffolding techniques, whereas in Center Two teachers had no training on scaffolding techniques. An analysis of variance procedure was …
The Effect Of A Family Literacy Parental Involvement Intervention On Oral Language Development, Azucena C. Escobar
The Effect Of A Family Literacy Parental Involvement Intervention On Oral Language Development, Azucena C. Escobar
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
The subjects that participated in this study were 36 Hispanic children who attended Head Start Programs. The participants were 4 and 5 year olds from four classrooms. An intervention, training of parents regarding literacy activities was implemented in the study to determine the outcome of parental involvement on oral language development. This researcher implemented parental training prior to the treatment. Parents were to provide their children with oral language intervention for fifteen to twenty minutes, three times a week. These activities took place at the children's home from March through June of 2004. Children's oral language development was determined using …