Sentences with phrase «general language competence»

«Not only is working memory important in learning new words, it is also important in our general language competence, in areas such as grammar skills.

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Using the Australian Early Development Census instrument, children in the study were assessed in five domains: physical health and wellbeing, language and cognition, social competence, emotional maturity, and general knowledge and communication.

Outcome measures Level of developmental vulnerability in Australian children for five developmental domains: physical well - being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive skills and communication skills and general knowledge.

The Australian Early Development Census is a population - level measure of early childhood development collected on every student by teachers at school entry (N > 260 000) every 3 years.12 It measures five domains of early childhood development (physical health and well - being; social competence; emotional maturity; language and cognitive skills; and communication skills and general knowledge).

In 2007, the Council of Australian Governments endorsed the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) as a national progress measure of early childhood health and development.16 The AEDI is a population measure of children's development covering five developmental domains: physical health and well - being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive skills, and communication skills and general knowledge.

The AEDC data are collected by teachers who complete an online checklist for each child in their first year of formal full - time school (∼ 5 years old) covering the five ECD areas previously noted of physical development, social competence, emotional maturity, language, and cognitive development (eg, academic learning), and general knowledge and communication.17 Children are scored on each of these domains, and categorised as «developmentally vulnerable» (≤ 10th centile), «developmentally at risk» (between 10th and 25th centiles) and «developmentally on track» (≥ 25th centile) 17 Children who are developmentally at risk on one or more ECD domain (ie, DV1) is typically reported in AEDC publications.

The index is completed by the child's teacher, based on a minimum of 1 month's knowledge of the child, and covers five developmental domains: physical health and well - being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive skills, and communication skills and general knowledge.

AEDI scores range from 0 (low ability) to 10 (high ability) for each of five early childhood development domains: (1) physical health and well - being; (2) social competence; (3) emotional maturity; (4) language and cognitive skills; and (5) communication skills and general knowledge.

Teachers provided information about the child's development in five domains, including: (1) physical health and well - being; (2) social competence; (3) emotional maturity; (4) language and cognitive skills; and (5) communication skills and general knowledge.

The EDI measures the well - being of kindergarten students in five areas: physical health and well - being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, and communication skills and general knowledge.

Assessments were completed during the kindergarten year, and developmental health was measured using the Early Development Instrument (EDI), a kindergarten teacher - completed checklist for each child based on five scaled measures of development: physical well - being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, and communication and general knowledge (Janus and Offord 2000).