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Are any of you familiar with this study? http://www.strategiesforchildr...ngfulDifferences.pdf
It really shows the correlation of poverty to academic underachievement.


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Yes, I knew about this work and similar studies over here. The most important part of a child's life in the acquisition of knowledge is the early years term (1-3).


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But - it's strange that they surmise, as a policy implication, that the most important aspect of children's language experience is "quantity." Is that it? Isn't quality more important? If we just played voices all day on the TV, would that be better than intermittent parental connections?
 
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But - it's strange that they surmise, as a policy implication, that the most important aspect of children's language experience is "quantity." Is that it? Isn't quality more important? If we just played voices all day on the TV, would that be better than intermittent parental connections?


The various studies I read when I was doing my Certificate of Education would indicate that the answer to your question is yes.


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And here's a related podcast.

http://www.slate.com/articles/...early_childhood.html


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