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  Boosting Children's Memory by Training Mothers in the Use of an Elaborative Conversational Style as an Event Unfolds
 
 
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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