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Neuman, Susan B.; Pinkham, Ashley; Kaefer, Tanya – Early Education and Development, 2015
The purpose of this study was to support teachers' child-directed language and student outcomes by enhancing the educative features of an intervention targeted to vocabulary, conceptual development and comprehension. Using a set of design heuristics (Davis & Krajcik, 2005), our goal was to support teachers' professional development within the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Preschool Education, Preschool Curriculum, Faculty Development
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Merriman, William E.; Kutlesic, Vesna – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1993
In this study, 36 Serbian/English bilinguals and 42 English monolinguals (aged 5-8 years) received a successive name training assessment of 2heuristics: criterial use of highlighted features and preservation of mutual exclusivity. Results support the view that monolingual and bilingual acquisition fosters the development of different word learning…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Heuristics, Language Proficiency