EJ460122 PS520166
Title: Preschool Talk: Patterns of Teacher-Child Interaction in
Early Childhood Classrooms.
Author(s) Dickinson, David K.; Smith, Miriam W.
Source: Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v6 n1 p20-29
Fall-Win 1991
Publication Date: 1991
ISSN: 0256-8543
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1993
Reports on data concerning language environments in classes with
children who had been in the Home-School Study of Language and
Literacy Development project when they were three and four years old.
Activities and types of talk used in preschool classrooms changed as
children grew older. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies; *Classroom Communication; *Dialogs
(Language); Educational Environment; Language Patterns; Literacy;
Peer Relationship; *Preschool Children; Preschool Education;
*Preschool Teachers; *Teacher Attitudes; *Teacher Student
Relationship
Identifiers: *Home School Study Language Literacy Dev MA; Teacher
Developed Programs
