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| Title: |
Boosting Children's Memory by Training Mothers in the Use of an Elaborative Conversational Style as an Event Unfolds |
| Author: |
Boland, Amy M. Haden, Catherine A. Ornstein, Peter A. |
| Appeared in: |
Journal of cognition and development |
| Paging: | Volume 4 (2003) nr. 1 pages 39-65 |
| Year: |
2003-03-01 |
| Contents: |
An experimental methodology was adapted to examine children's language skills and mothers' conversational styles during a specified event as they are linked to the children's event memory. Thirty-nine preschoolers (mean age = 46.82 months) were pretested and grouped as having high or low language skills. Children in each group were then randomly assigned to either maternal-style training or no training conditions. Trained mothers were instructed to use 4 specific conversational techniques to enhance children's understanding of unfolding events: Wh- questions, associations, follow-ins, and positive evaluations. When observed engaging with their children in a specially constructed camping activity, trained mothers did indeed use these elements of style more than untrained mothers. Moreover, assessments of the children's memory after 1-day- and 3-week-delay intervals indicated substantial effects of both maternal training and children's language skills on remembering. |
| Publisher: |
Psychology Press |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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