A strengths‐based, culturally responsive family intervention improves Latino kindergarteners' vocabulary and approaches to learning

D Leyva, C Weiland, A Shapiro… - Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Food routines are an ecocultural asset of Latino families. This cluster‐randomized trial with
248 children (Mage= 67 months; 50% girls; 13 schools) investigated the impact of a 4‐week …

Correlates of reading comprehension and word-problem solving skills of Spanish-speaking dual language learners

JM Goodrich, JM Namkung - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2019 - Elsevier
The purposes of this study were to evaluate the within-and cross-language relations of
components of the simple view of reading and to evaluate correlates of reading …

Teaching vocabulary to young second-<? br?> or foreign-language learners: What can we learn from the research?

YG Butler - Language Teaching for Young Learners, 2019 - jbe-platform.com
While vocabulary knowledge is considered a foundational element for young learners of a
second or foreign language (L2/FL), pedagogically useful information on this topic is not …

Relations between oral language skills and English reading achievement among Spanish–English bilingual children: a quantile regression analysis

J Marc Goodrich, L Fitton, L Thayer - Annals of Dyslexia, 2023 - Springer
Understanding factors that influence reading achievement among bilingual children is
considerably more complex than it is for monolingual children. Research on dual language …

Effective vocabulary interventions for young emergent bilinguals: A best‐evidence synthesis

A Bengochea, SF Sembiante - Review of Education, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This best‐evidence synthesis appraises the design and outcome characteristics of
vocabulary intervention studies conducted with preschool through 6th grade emergent …

Latino home learning opportunities, parental growth mindset, and child academic skills

D Leyva, G Yeomans-Maldonado… - Early Education and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Associations between home learning opportunities, parental growth mindset (the belief that
intelligence is malleable), and children's academic skills have been documented primarily in …

Comparing vocabulary knowledge conceptualizations among Spanish–English dual language learners in a new destination state

MH Oh, J Mancilla-Martinez - Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose Despite the unprecedented growth of Spanish–English dual language learners
(DLLs) in new destination states—where DLLs have not been historically served—empirical …

Home food practices and Latino kindergarteners' academic skills

D Leyva, G Yeomans-Maldonado, C Weiland… - Early Childhood …, 2024 - Elsevier
Latino parents support children's academic skills through their involvement in daily living
activities. Prior work has focused on conventional literacy (eg, book reading) and numeracy …

Child-level factors associated with Spanish–English bilingual toddlers' productive vocabulary growth.

PB Gámez, M Galindo, C Jáuregui - Developmental psychology, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
This longitudinal study—conducted in the Midwestern United States—examines the child-
level factors that promote Spanish–English bilingual toddlers'(n= 47; M age= 18.80 months; …

Peer effects on dual language learners' English and Spanish receptive vocabulary development

EB Garcia - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2021 - Elsevier
Using a nationally representative sample of 3-and 4-year-old Spanish-speaking dual
language learners (DLLs) attending Head Start (N= 654), this study examined whether …