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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Pancsofar, Nadya; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Odom, Erika C. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2013
Fathers' vocabulary to infants has been linked in the literature to early child language development, however, little is known about the variability in fathers' language behavior. This study considered associations between fathers' work characteristics and fathers' vocabulary among a sample of employed African American fathers of 6-month-old…
Descriptors: African American Family, Rural Areas, Language Acquisition, Child Language
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Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Pancsofar, Nadya; Willoughby, Mike; Odom, Erica; Quade, Alison; Cox, Martha – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2008
This study investigated the contribution of child characteristics and parenting environment to the relationship between family SES/demographic characteristics and maternal language to infants. 1157 children were drawn from a representative sample of 1292 infants born to mothers in rural Appalachian counties and rural counties in southern minority…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Mothers, Child Rearing, Infants
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Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Hurley, Megan M.; Yont, Kristine M.; Wamboldt, Patricia M.; Kolak, Amy – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the quality of childcare and experience with otitis media (middle ear disease) as they relate to children's early naturalistic language development. Sixty children were followed longitudinally from childcare entry in the first year of life until three years of age. Half the children…
Descriptors: Semantics, Diseases, Child Care, Language Acquisition
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Pancsofar, Nadya; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2006
There has been little research comparing the nature and contributions of language input of mothers and fathers to their young children. This study examined differences in mother and father talk to their 24 month-old children. This study also considered contributions of parent education, child care quality and mother and father language (output,…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Child Care, Predictor Variables, Child Language