How to Build a Communicative Development Inventory: Insights From 43 Adaptations.
Purpose: This article reviews 43 adaptations of the MacArthur–Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDIs), a tool used for measuring children’s communicative and language skills. The aim is to provide an overview of different approaches to develop local versions of the instrument (reflecti...
| Published in: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 66; no. 6; pp. 2095 - 2118 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=164422027&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 164422027 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2023 vid: 66 iid: 6 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 164422027 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00591 ppf: 2095 ppct: 23 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.6MB tig: atl: How to Build a Communicative Development Inventory: Insights From 43 Adaptations. aug: au: Jarůšková, Lucie Smolík, Filip Chládková, Kateřina Oceláková, Zuzana Paillereau, Nikola affil: Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic. Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic. Institute of Czech Language and Theory of Communication, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic. Institute of Phonetics, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic. su: Focus groups Communicative competence Linguistics Child development Interviewing Language acquisition Vocabulary Experimental design Research evaluation Statistical reliability Inventories Research methodology Inter-observer reliability Predictive validity sug: subj: Focus groups Communicative competence Linguistics Child development Interviewing Language acquisition Vocabulary Experimental design Research evaluation Statistical reliability Inventories Research methodology Inter-observer reliability Predictive validity ab: Purpose: This article reviews 43 adaptations of the MacArthur–Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDIs), a tool used for measuring children’s communicative and language skills. The aim is to provide an overview of different approaches to develop local versions of the instrument (reflecting linguistic and cultural specifics) and to formulate recommendations and suggestions that expand the current guidelines of the MB-CDI Advisory Board. The article also discusses cross-linguistic differences in the structure of this tool, as well as the availability of sources for the language-specific MB-CDI adaptations. Conclusions: Strategies differ in the construction of the inventory contents and in the norming phase, as well as in documenting reliability and validity. The most frequent strategies in developing the item lists are translations of existing CDIs and pilot administrations; relatively recent strategies include consultations with child development experts. The norming approach varies in, for example, the number of participants and techniques of administrations. When establishing age-related norms, different methods of growth curve construction are used. We recommend methods that consider the complete data set and provide a code example. We suggest that the reliability of the tool should be documented not only as internal consistency but also using test–retest measures, ideally combined with interrater agreement. It is desirable that adaptations establish criterion validity against other measures of language development, such as structured tests, spontaneous language samples, or experimental methods. In summary, by critically reviewing the different adaptation strategies, the present review article provides guidance for teams that adapt the MB-CDI into new languages. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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