Browsing Graduate School of Education by Author "Leech, Kathryn"
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A comparison of preschool children's discussions with parents during picture book and chapter book reading
Leech, Kathryn Anne; Rowe, Meredith Lee (SAGE Publications, 2014)Discussions that occur during book reading between parents and preschool children relate to children’s language development, especially discussions during picture books that include extended discourse, a form of abstract ... -
Father Input and Child Vocabulary Development: The Importance of Wh Questions and Clarification Requests
Leech, Kathryn Anne; Salo, Virginia; Rowe, Meredith Lee; Cabrera, Natasha (Thieme Publishing Group, 2013)Individual differences in children’s language skills have been shown to stem in part from variations in the quantity and quality of parent speech input. However, most research focuses on mothers’ input whereas less is ... -
Math talk during informal learning activities in head start families
Rowe, Meredith Lee; Ramani, Geetha; Eason, Sarah; Leech, Kathryn Anne (2015)