Margaret Martlew
Biographic Data
| ID | 740083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Martlew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Martlew |
| SIGNATURE | MARTLEW M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Representational demands in mothers' talk to preschool children in two contexts
Shared book reading is considered to be an influential factor in language and literacy development and has been associated with more complex and demanding forms of tutorial language use. The present study seeks to examine mothers' discourse in joint picture book reading in terms of the level of representational demand which it places on the child, that is the extent to which it requires the child to engage in abstract thought. This was compared w…
Children With Mild Learning Difficulties in an Integrated and in a Special School
Comparisons were made between children and teachers in two schools, one a mainstream school with an integrated resource unit for children with mild learning difficulties, the other a special school. Seventeen children with mild learning difficulties from the special school and ten children with mild learning difficulties from the mainstream school, matched with ten mainstream children for age and sex, took part in the study. Observations were mad…
The Psychology of Written Language
Beginning to read and write; an exploratory study of young children's understanding of metalinguistic terms and graphic conventions
The Effect of Adult Role on the Language used by Preschool Children
The language used by preschool children with highly interventive adults participating in their activities could be expected to differ markedly from a peer group with adults acting merely as caretakers. This study set out to examine these differences by recording the speech of two groups of children attending a playgroup. The staff adopted two different roles, participating extensively with one group and adopting a passive role with the other. The…
Mothers' control strategies in dyadic mother/child conversations
Language use, role and context in a five-year-old
To explore the relationship of language use and speech adaptation to role and context the spontaneous speech of a boy aged 5; 6 was recorded in three different situations: playing alone, playing with a friend of the same age, and playing with his mother. Several analyses were made of the speech transcripts to examine the relationship between context and language use. The nature of play episodes was also investigated. The findings suggest that rol…
Children With Mild Learning Difficulties in an Integrated and in a Special School
Comparisons were made between children and teachers in two schools, one a mainstream school with an integrated resource unit for children with mild learning difficulties, the other a special school. Seventeen children with mild learning difficulties from the special school and ten children with mild learning difficulties from the mainstream school, matched with ten mainstream children for age and sex, took part in the study. Observations were mad…
Mothers' control strategies in dyadic mother/child conversations
Language use, role and context in a five-year-old
To explore the relationship of language use and speech adaptation to role and context the spontaneous speech of a boy aged 5; 6 was recorded in three different situations: playing alone, playing with a friend of the same age, and playing with his mother. Several analyses were made of the speech transcripts to examine the relationship between context and language use. The nature of play episodes was also investigated. The findings suggest that rol…
The Effect of Adult Role on the Language used by Preschool Children
The language used by preschool children with highly interventive adults participating in their activities could be expected to differ markedly from a peer group with adults acting merely as caretakers. This study set out to examine these differences by recording the speech of two groups of children attending a playgroup. The staff adopted two different roles, participating extensively with one group and adopting a passive role with the other. The…
Mothers' control strategies in dyadic mother/child conversations
Beginning to read and write; an exploratory study of young children's understanding of metalinguistic terms and graphic conventions
The Psychology of Written Language
Representational demands in mothers' talk to preschool children in two contexts
Shared book reading is considered to be an influential factor in language and literacy development and has been associated with more complex and demanding forms of tutorial language use. The present study seeks to examine mothers' discourse in joint picture book reading in terms of the level of representational demand which it places on the child, that is the extent to which it requires the child to engage in abstract thought. This was compared w…
Children With Mild Learning Difficulties in an Integrated and in a Special School
Comparisons were made between children and teachers in two schools, one a mainstream school with an integrated resource unit for children with mild learning difficulties, the other a special school. Seventeen children with mild learning difficulties from the special school and ten children with mild learning difficulties from the mainstream school, matched with ten mainstream children for age and sex, took part in the study. Observations were mad…
Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Language Development and Disorders (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (3 works) · Communication (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Language development (2 works)