Directiveness in teachers' language input to toddlers and preschoolers in day care.

Five subtypes of directiveness were examined in the interactions of day care teachers with toddler and preschooler groups. The instructional context (book reading, play dough) yielded significant differences across all five subtypes of directiveness, indicating that these two activities elicited dif...

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Published in:	Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 1101 - 1115
Main Authors:	Girolametto, Luigi, Weitzman, Elaine, Van Lieshout, Riet
Format:	Article
Published:	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association October 2000
Subjects:	Teachers Verbal behavior Children's language Teacher-student relationships Child care
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