Paul L. Morgan|George Farkas|Marianne M. Hillemeier|Carol Scheffner Hammer|Steve Maczuga
24?Month?Old Children With Larger Oral Vocabularies Display Greater Academic and Behavioral Functioning at Kindergarten Entry
Pennsylvania State University|University of California, Irvine|Pennsylvania State University|Columbia University|Pennsylvania State University
data analyzed populationbased longitudinal sample 8650 us children identify factors associated predictive oral vocabulary size 24 months age b evaluate whether oral vocabulary size uniquely predictive academic behavioral functioning kindergarten entry children higher socioeconomic status households females experiencing higher quality parenting larger oral vocabularies children born low birth weight households mother health problems smaller oral vocabularies even extensive covariate adjustment 24monthold children larger oral vocabularies displayed greater reading mathematics achievement increased behavioral selfregulation fewer externalizing internalizing problem behaviors kindergarten entry