关闭之后:在COVID-19之前,期间和之后,跟踪早期Head Start儿童的语言成长
Monica Lee1, Kathleen Lynch2, Susanna Loeb1
1Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Child development
|February 25, 2026
概括
早期的Head Start儿童在疫情后的课堂语言环境有所改善,但父母报告的语言技能有所下降. 这项研究强调了大流行对低收入小孩早期语言发育的复杂影响.
科学领域:
- 儿童发展 儿童发展
- 语言学的语言学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,幼儿教育和护理环境发生了重大破坏.
- 了解大流行对低收入人口早期语言发展的影响对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查语言环境的变化和婴儿和幼儿早期头部开始的发展,从疫情前到疫情后.
- 确定这些变化的潜在调节者,并讨论对研究和实践的影响.
主要方法:
- 在Early Head Start中对2,763名婴儿和幼儿 (年龄为2-43个月) 的纵向研究.
- 数据收集跨越了COVID前,流行病峰值和流行病后的时期 (到2025年).
- 分析包括了课堂语言环境的测量和家长报告的儿童语言技能和发音.
主要成果:
- 课堂语言环境在流行病后的时期显示了平均改善.
- 儿童在父母报告的语言技能方面出现下降.
- 在大流行之后,观察到儿童发声的增长滞后.
结论:
- 尽管一些课堂措施得到了改善,但大流行对低收入儿童的语言发展产生了负面影响.
- 这些发现强调了对弱势群体早期语言干预的持续支持和研究的需要.
- 语言结果的潜在调节者需要进一步调查,以制定有效的策略.
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