A Validation of a Method of Assessing Young Children's Language Competence.

Autor/in	Bierly, Margaret M.
Titel	A Validation of a Method of Assessing Young Children's Language Competence.
Quelle	(1971), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Disadvantaged Youth; Linguistic Competence; Linguistic Performance; Linguistic Theory; Listening Comprehension; Pictorial Stimuli; Preschool Children; Sentence Structure; Socioeconomic Status; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Tests; Transformational Generative Grammar; Visual Measures + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Sprachkompetenz; Linguistische Theorie; Hörverständnis; Fantasieanregung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Generative Grammar; Generative Grammatik
Abstract	Twenty children (10 from a Day Care Center and 10 from a Head Start Center) were administered a 28-item, parallel form language comprehension task. The method utilized concrete materials (i.e., puppets and other familiar objects, spoon, flower, ball) which subjects manipulated when presented with sentences of 7 different grammatical constructions. There were 2 main effects, that of sentence type (active versus passive voice) and that of different preschool groups (Head Start Center versus Day Care Center), with no significant interaction. The reliability coefficient of Form A versus Form B was significant at the .001 level. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC