{"product_id":"variability-in-early-communicative-development-isbn-9780631224471","title":"Variability in Early Communicative Development","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn investigation into differences in early childhood development\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVariability in Early Communicative Development\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that the \"modal child\" does not, in fact, exist. Interviews with parents of over 1,800 children reveals both typical and exceptional communication development between the ages of eight and 30 months, providing unusually specific detail on the variability of individual lexical, gestural, and grammatical skills. Discussion of the Macarthur Communicative Development Inventories delves into the inventory's reliability, validity, and interrelations, before moving into an examination of the stability of differences and individual contributing factors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbstract\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI: Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII: History and Development\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII: The Macarthur Communicative Development Inventories and Methods of the Normative Study\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV: Reliability and Validity of the CDI Inventories\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV: Developmental Trends and Variability in the Acquisition of Communicative Skills\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI: Interrelations Among the Major Components of the CDI\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII: The Contribution of Gender, Social Class, and Birth Order to Variation in Early Language and Communication\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII: Stability of Individual Differences \u003cbr\u003eIX: Individual Item Analyses\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eX: Discussion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: The CDI Infant and Toddler Forms\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix B\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix D\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix E\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Instrument is Great, But Measuring Comprehension is Still a Problem\u003cbr\u003eMichael Tomasello, Carolyn B. Mervis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Nature of Informant Judgments in Inventory Measures: . . . and So What is it You Want to Know? \u003cbr\u003eJoan Stiles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStatement of Editorial Policy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLarry Fenson is the author of Variability in Early Communicative Development, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990446719205,"sku":"NP9780631224471","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631224471.jpg?v=1761787864","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/variability-in-early-communicative-development-isbn-9780631224471","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}