Research
Read how they describe their research on their Concordia University profile.
Latest papers
Assessing pragmatics in early childhood with the Language Use Inventory across seven languages.
Frontiers in psychology · 2023 · first author
Curriculum-Based Dynamic Assessment of Narratives for Bilingual Filipino Children.
Language, speech, and hearing services in schools · 2023 · senior author
A multi-site review of policies affecting opportunities for children with developmental disabilities to become bilingual.
Journal of communication disorders · 2016 · first author
Latest funding
- $66,344
Actions concertées / Écriture et lecture / Projet de recherche
FRQSC · 2017 · Principal investigator
- $199,857
Opportunities for bilingualism in preschool and school-age children with developmental disabilities: an international investigation
SSHRC · 2011 · Co-investigator
- $40,000
Improving children's narrative skills: what kind of instruction works and under what conditions
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
5 publications.
Assessing pragmatics in early childhood with the Language Use Inventory across seven languages.
Pesco D, O'Neill DK
Curriculum-Based Dynamic Assessment of Narratives for Bilingual Filipino Children.
Laurie A, Pesco D
A multi-site review of policies affecting opportunities for children with developmental disabilities to become bilingual.
Pesco D, MacLeod AA, Kay-Raining Bird E, Cleave P, Trudeau N, de Valenzuela JS, Cain K, Marinova-Todd SH, Colozzo P, Stahl H, Segers E, Verhoeven L
Thinking aloud: effects on text comprehension by children with specific language impairment and their peers.
McClintock B, Pesco D, Martin-Chang S
Predicting later language outcomes from the Language Use Inventory.
Pesco D, O'Neill DK
Actions concertées / Écriture et lecture / Projet de recherche
Principal investigators: Pesco, Diane
Keywords: La formation continue des enseignants, Les habilités langagières précoces, L'emergence de l'écrit, Inclusion scolaire des élèves allophones, La formation continue des enseignants, Les habilités langagières précoces, L'emergence de l'écrit, Inclusion scolaire des élèves allophones; Éducation, savoirs et compétences; Approches éducatives; Enseignement
Opportunities for bilingualism in preschool and school-age children with developmental disabilities: an international investigation
Principal investigators: Kay-Raining Bird, Elizabeth R. M.
Keywords: bilingualism; developmental disabilities; language development; education; inclusion
Improving children's narrative skills: what kind of instruction works and under what conditions
Principal investigators: Pesco, Diane
Keywords: narrative discourse; instructional effectiveness; systematic review; exceptional children; literacy; school achievement; language-learning disability
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Patricia Cleave and Diane Pesco: 1 shared paper
- Sandra Martin-Chang and Diane Pesco: 1 shared paper
- Other
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