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Shared book reading and the development of phonological awareness 2016-2018
Shared book reading has been demonstrated to be an effective way to promote children’s language including preparation for literacy: children who are read to regularly, on... -
Carers' talk to children with language difficulties during shared book readin...
The aim of this research was to explore whether the advantages of shared book reading (the joint attention and high quality adult language input) remain true where children have... -
Promoting language development in young children through shared reading, a ra...
This is a randomised controlled trial of shared book reading with 150 children aged 2;6 to 3;0 which follows CONSORT guidelines. Dyads were randomly allocated to an intervention... -
Vocal Learning in Adulthood: Investigating the mechanisms of vocal imitation ...
This collection contains behavioural and brain activation data from 3 laboratory studies of speech imitation. Each of the three studies involved behavioural and imaging (MRI)... -
The role of automatic letter-speech sound integration in reading development ...
Six data sets are included in this collection: (1)Cross-sectional data for a representative sample of 155 children (aged 5-7 years). Measures include performance on a... -
Supporting children's school readiness 2015-2018
Language comprehension relies on the ability to make local and global inferences (e.g., inferring what a pronoun refers to, or inferring why a protagonist in a story did... -
Citizenship Survey, 2008-2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Citizenship Survey (known in the field as the Communities Study) ran from 2001 to 2010-2011. It... -
Longitudinal Three-Nation Study on Relations between Ethnic Minorities and Ho...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The project looked at the views of adolescent school students in three European countries; England,... -
Taking Control? Agency in Young Adult Transitions in England and the 'New' G...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The question of whether there now exists a period of 'extended dependency' in young people's transitions... -
Employers Skills Survey, 1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Employers Skills Surveys are undertaken to identify the extent, causes and implications of skill... -
Families of Teenagers with Down's Syndrome: Parent, Child and Sibling Adaptat...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. This study is one of a series involving the Manchester Down's Syndrome Cohort. The present study relates... -
Child Development Research Unit Longitudinal Study: Composite File Including ...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The aim of this longitudinal survey study was to investigate parent/child relationships in developmental... -
National Child Development Study: Childhood Data from Birth to Age 16, Sweeps...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The National Child Development Study (NCDS) is a continuing longitudinal study that seeks to... -
National Child Development Study: Age 33, Sweep 5, 1991
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The National Child Development Study (NCDS) is a continuing longitudinal study that seeks to... -
Young Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 1, 2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Young Lives survey is an innovative long-term project investigating the changing nature of childhood... -
Moving from China to York: How do Changes in Language Environment Modulate Bi...
Within this project, Mandarin-English bilingual participants completed a series of language production and comprehension tasks. The data provided correspond to three... -
Employers Skills Survey, 2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Employers Skills Surveys are undertaken to identify the extent, causes and implications of skill... -
International Students' Intercultural Experiences: a Comparative Study, 2006-...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. This is a mixed methods data collection. International Students' Intercultural Experiences: a... -
Wellbeing in Developing Countries: Resources and Needs, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Wellbeing in Developing Countries is a series of studies which aim to develop a conceptual and... -
British Migrants in Spain: the Extent and Nature of Social Integration, 2003-...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. This project arose out of research conducted during the 1990s (by O'Reilly and others) which explored...
