Barbara Alexander Pan

Datos Biográficos

ID3462328
NOMBREBarbara Alexander Pan
NOMBRESBarbara Alexander
APELLIDOPan
FIRMAPAN B A
AFILIACIONESHarvard University
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS16
TOTAL DE CITAS84
TOTAL COMO AUTOR16
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1995
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2012
ÍNDICE H6

  • Head nodding and head shaking gestures in children’s early communication

    Open AccessMaria Fusaro, Paul L Harris et al.ARTICLEFirst Language2012

    Children’s spontaneous head nodding and head shaking gestures are examined in the context of mother-child play. Observations at 14, 20 and 32 months show that frequency of head gestures increases with age, with a pronounced increase in nodding between 20 and 32 months. Over time, children increasingly use head gestures in combination with speech, though isolated head nods continue to predominate at 32 months. Pragmatic analysis of children’s head…

  • Five-year-olds' book talk and story retelling

    Open AccessJennifer Yusun Kang, Youngsuk Kim et al.ARTICLEFirst Language2009

    This study examined the participation of preschool children (mean age 5;1) in two literacy-related activities — talking about a book with their mothers and subsequent independent retelling of the story. Sixty-two mother—child dyads from low-income families participated. Analysis of bookreading and story retelling transcripts revealed wide variability in extratextual talk during bookreading by both children and mothers. Children's responsive, but …

  • Predictors and outcomes of low-income fathers’ reading with their toddlers

    Open AccessElisabeth Duursma, Barbara Alexander Pan et al.ARTICLEEarly Childhood Research Quarterly2008Citada por: 20Referencias: 9

  • It takes time

    Open AccessRachel Chazan‐Cohen, Catherine Ayoub et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2007Citada por: 23Referencias: 23

    The Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, a random‐assignment evaluation, found a broad pattern of positive impacts for children and families. However, there were no program impacts on depression or use of mental health services by the time children reached age 3, at the end of the Early Head Start (EHS) program. This paper presents recent findings from the follow‐up study in the spring prior to the children entering kindergarten, whe…

  • Mother–Child Bookreading in Low-Income Families

    Open AccessHelen Raikes, Barbara Alexander Pan et al.ARTICLEChild Development2006

    About half of 2,581 low-income mothers reported reading daily to their children. At 14 months, the odds of reading daily increased by the child being firstborn or female. At 24 and 36 months, these odds increased by maternal verbal ability or education and by the child being firstborn or of Early Head Start status. White mothers read more than did Hispanic or African American mothers. For English-speaking children, concurrent reading was associat…

  • The Early Head Start Father Studies

    Kimberly Boller, Robert H Bradley et al.ARTICLEParenting2006Citada por: 4Referencias: 5

    In this introductory article to the Special Issue, we provide an overview of the research and policy context for the Early Head Start Father Studies. We describe the methods used to conduct the father studies, which began in 1997 and were designed to complement the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, a random assignment evaluation of 3,001 families - half who received Early Head Start services and half who did not. The Early Head St…

  • The Early Head Start Father Studies

    Kimberly Boller, Robert H Bradley et al.ARTICLEParenting2006Citada por: 8Referencias: 3

  • Maternal Correlates of Growth in Toddler Vocabulary Production in Low-Income Families

    Open AccessBarbara Alexander Pan, M Laurens Rowe et al.ARTICLEChild Development2005

    This study investigated predictors of growth in toddlers' vocabulary production between the ages of 1 and 3 years by analyzing mother–child communication in 108 low-income families. Individual growth modeling was used to describe patterns of growth in children's observed vocabulary production and predictors of initial status and between-person change. Results indicate large variation in growth across children. Observed variation was positively re…

  • Predictors of Variation in Maternal Talk to Children

    M Laurens Rowe, Barbara Alexander Pan et al.ARTICLEParenting2005Citada por: 7Referencias: 8

    Objective. The goals of this study were (1) to examine the extent of variation in\namount and lexical diversity of maternal talk to young children within a sample\nof low-income families, (2) to determine the patterns of change over time in maternal\ntalk during the early childhood years, and (3) to consider specific predictors\nof variation in maternal communicative input. Design. Low-income\nmother – child dyads (n = 108) were videotaped at chi…

  • Measuring productive vocabulary of toddlers in low-income families

    Open AccessBarbara Alexander Pan, M Laurens Rowe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Language2004

    This study examined parental report as a source of information about toddlers' productive vocabulary in 105 low-income families living in either urban or rural communities. Parental report using the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory – Short Form (CDI) at child age 2;0 was compared to concurrent spontaneous speech measures and standardized language assessments, and the utility of each source of data for predicting receptive vocabulary …

  • A Comparison of Fathers’ and Mothers’ Talk to Toddlers in Low‐income Families

    Open AccessM Laurens Rowe, David L Coker et al.ARTICLESocial Development2004Citada por: 12Referencias: 1

    The purpose of this study was to provide descriptive information about low‐income fathers’ and mothers’ talk to toddlers and to re‐examine the bridge hypothesis ( Gleason, 1975 ) in light of current changes in family structure and childcare responsibilities. Thirty‐three father–child and mother–child dyads were videotaped during semi‐structured free play at home. Fathers’ and mothers’ talk to children did not differ in amount, diversity of vocabu…

  • Low-income fathers' and mothers' perceptions of the father role

    Open AccessJean Ann Summers, Helen Raikes et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal1999Referencias: 13

    A qualitative inquiry in four Early Head Start Research sites explored the question of how low-income mothers and fathers view the role of fathers in their families. Role perceptions were gathered from a total of 56 parents of infants and toddlers across the four sites, using multiple data collection methods that included focus groups, open-ended interviews, and one case study. The data were analyzed to identify common themes across sites. The pa…

  • Low‐income fathers' and mothers' perceptions of the father role

    Open AccessJean Ann Summers, Helen Raikes et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal1999

    A qualitative inquiry in four Early Head Start Research sites explored the question of how low-income mothers and fathers view the role of fathers in their families. Role perceptions were gathered from a total of 56 parents of infants and toddlers across the four sites, using multiple data collection methods that included focus groups, open-ended interviews, and one case study. The data were analyzed to identify common themes across sites. The pa…

  • Pragmatics of Self‐ and Other‐Reference in Young Children

    Open AccessAlison L Imbens-Bailey, Alison Imbens‐Bailey et al.ARTICLESocial Development1998

    During the first years of life, children come to understand and talk about a self separate from others. This study examined self‐ and other‐reference and communicative intents expressed by children and parents in dyadic interaction at 14, 20 and 32 months. Research questions included whether children's early use of self‐ and other‐reference pronouns occurred for expression of particular communicative intents, how use changed with age, and whether…

  • Learning How to Say What One Means

    Open AccessCatherine E Snow, Barbara Alexander Pan et al.ARTICLESocial Development1996Citada por: 3Referencias: 8

    In this paper we present a set of methods for describing development in the expression of communicative intents. Studying children in interaction with a parent, we found children improved from age 14 to 32 months in the number of communicative attempts per minute they made, in the intelligibility of their attempts, as well as in the repertoire of intents they expressed. Correlations with other language measures suggest that a complete picture of …

  • Code negotiation in bilingual families

    Barbara Alexander PanARTICLEJournal of Multilingual and…1995Citada por: 7Referencias: 10

    This study examined patterns of language choice and code‐switching behaviour in the discourse of ten families whose primary home language was Mandarin Chinese. Parent‐child dyads were observed reading a wordless book together, and both parents and target child (age 4.0–6.0 years) were audiotaped during an evening meal. Compared to parents, children incorporated English into more of their utterances, and were more likely to codeswitch in the Chine…