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Department of Psychology Ph: (619) 594-5358 Life Sciences 110
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Department of Psychology MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories Research Interests Dr. Fenson's current research centers on two fundamental aspects of early conceptual growth--the manner in which young children organize their knowledge of the world for efficient processing of information (concept development) and the growth of strategies that toddlers and preschoolers are able to employ to achieve goals (problem solving). Most published research on early intellectual growth focuses on what children know rather than on how they solve new problems. Our research addresses the ways in which young children use their knowledge in pursuing goals. Dr. Fenson has also taken a lead role in developing and evaluating a set of instruments for assessment of early language skills. These include a pair of parent report inventories (the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories), short form versions of these instruments, and a picture-based instrument for the laboratory assessment of language comprehension skills. The lab offers students the opportunity to participate in the planning, execution, and interpretation of experiments and to acquire methodological and computer-related skills that are essential in developmental science. Representative Student (*) and Faculty Projects Bohlmann, N. & Fenson, L. (In press, 2004). The effects of feedback on perseverative errors in preschool children. Journal of Cognition and Development. Jackson-Maldonado, D., Thal, D.J., Fenson, L., Marchman, V.A., Newton, T., & Conboy, B. (2003). MacArthur Inventarios del Desarrollo de Habilidades Communicativas: User's Guide and Technical Manual. Paul H. Brookes, Baltimore: Fenson, L., Bates, E., Dale, P., Goodman, J., Reznick, J.S., & Thal, D. (2000). Measuring variability in early child language: Don't shoot the messenger. Child Development, 71, 323-328. Fenson, L., Pethick, S., Renda, C., Cox, J.L., Dale, P.S. & Reznick, J.S. (2000). Short-form versions of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories. Applied Psycholinguistics, 21, 95-116. Ring, E.D. & Fenson, L. (2000). Assessment of language comprehension and production: Child performance versus parent judgment. First Language, 20, 141-159. Thal, D., Jackson-Maldonado, D., & Fenson, L. (1999). Normative studies of the Spanish versions of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories. International Child Language Conference, San Sebastian, Spain, July, 1999. *Ring, E. & Fenson, L. (1999). Assessment of language comprehension and production: Child performance versus parent judgment. Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, April. *Arriaga, R.I., Fenson, L., Cronan, T., & Pethick, S. J. (1998). Scores on the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory of Children from Low and Middle Income Levels. Applied Psycholinguistics, 19, 209-223. Ralston, J. (1997). Category-based inferences in young children. Master's thesis, San Diego State University. Fenson, L. (1996) Assessing young children's language skills. Invited talk at Crossroads Conference, Purdue University, October. Dale, P.S. & Fenson, L. (1996). Lexical development norms for young children. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 28, 125-127. Fenson, L., *Sweet, M., & *Jimerson, T. (1996). Assessment of vocabulary comprehension in toddlers by child performance and parent report. International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, RI, April. Fenson, L., Dale, P.S., Reznick, J.S., Bates, E., Thal, D., & Pethick, S. (1994). Variability in early communicative development. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Vol. 59, No. 5, Serial # 242. Fenson, L. (1996). Is parent report a useful source of information about communicative development in infants and toddlers? Contribution to an invited symposium: The Use of Parental Reports: Obstacles and Opportunities. International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, RI, April. Fenson, L. & Dale, P.S. (1995) Individual variation and group regularity: a large sample study of language skills in infants and toddlers. Contribution to a symposium, The shape of change: Longitudinal evidence about language development. Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, March. Caselli, M.C., Bates, E., Casadio, P., Fenson, J., Fenson, L., *Sanderl, L., & Weir, J. (1995). A cross-linguistic study of early lexical development. Cognitive Development, 10, 159-199. Bates, E., Marchman, V., Thal, D., Fenson, L., Dale, P.S., Reznick, J.S., Reilly, J.S., & *Hartung, J.P. (1994). Developmental and stylistic variation in the composition of early vocabulary. Journal of Child Language. Fenson, L., Dale, P.S., Reznick, J.S, Thal, D., Bates, E., *Hartung, J.P., *Pethick, S., & Reilly, J.S. (1993). The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories: User's Guide and Technical Manual. San Diego: Singular Publishing Group. |
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