Craig H K, Washington J A, Thompson-Porter C
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-2054, USA.
J Speech Lang Hear Res. 1998 Apr;41(2):445-57. doi: 10.1044/jslhr.4102.445.
This investigation examines the performances of 63 urban 4- to 7-year-old African American children from middle-income homes on two tasks designed to assess the development of comprehension skills. Performances on a task designed to elicit responses to wh-questions, and another to distinctions between active and passive sentence constructions, revealed grade effects and a positive relationship to age. The findings are discussed in terms of the appropriateness of using tasks of these types with young African American boys and girls who are dialect users.
