Criterion Validity of the Early Communication Indicator for Infants and Toddlers

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI:10.1177/1534508418824154

C. Greenwood, J. Buzhardt, D. Walker, Fan Jia, J. Carta

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Abstract

The Early Communication Indicator (ECI) is a progress monitoring measure designed to support intervention decisions of the home visitors and early educators who serve infants and toddlers. The present study sought to add to the criterion validity claims of the ECI in a large sample of children using measures of language and preliteracy not previously investigated. Early Head Start service providers administered and scored ECIs quarterly for infants and toddlers in their caseload as part of standard services. In addition, a battery of language and early literacy criterion tests were administered by researchers when children were 12, 24, 36, and 48 months of age. Analyses of this longitudinal data then examined concurrent and predictive correlational patterns. Results indicated that children grew in communicative proficiency with age, and weak to moderately strong patterns of relationship emerged that differed by ECI scale, age, and criterion measure. The strongest positive patterns of relationships were between Single Words and Multiple Words and the criterion at older ages. Gestures and Vocalizations established a pattern of negative relationships to the criterion measures. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

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婴幼儿早期沟通指标的标准有效性

早期沟通指标（ECI）是一项进度监测措施，旨在支持家庭访客和为婴幼儿服务的早期教育工作者的干预决策。本研究试图在大量儿童样本中添加ECI的标准有效性声明，这些儿童使用了以前没有调查过的语言和学前教育指标。作为标准服务的一部分，Early Head Start服务提供商每季度为其案件量中的婴幼儿管理和评分ECI。此外，研究人员在儿童12、24、36和48个月大时进行了一系列语言和早期识字标准测试。然后，对这些纵向数据的分析检验了并发和预测相关性模式。结果表明，儿童的交际能力随着年龄的增长而增长，并出现了弱到中等强度的关系模式，这些模式因ECI量表、年龄和标准测量而不同。最强烈的正向关系模式是单词和多词之间的关系，以及老年人的标准。手势和发音与标准测量建立了一种负面关系模式。讨论了对研究和实践的启示。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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