Example sentences of "of [adj] children ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we apply these views to early childhood we begin to have a clearer picture of deaf children 's future . |
| 2 | Gustason 's ( 1983 ) findings on positive views of ASL by teachers is augmented by Stewart 's ( 1983 ) finding of attitudinal change towards ASL being part of deaf children 's bilingualism . |
| 3 | The key is the understanding of deaf children 's processing of their own language , and it is this which requires our immediate and continued attention . |
| 4 | just as Peter Slade had to stand up against a tradition of formalised children 's drama , so Brian Way had to educate teachers into understanding that children deserved something better than light entertainment . |
| 5 | What are more rare and more revealing are studies of individual children 's reading . |
| 6 | Most important of all , to ensure that a school 's management plan makes a difference at the level of classroom management , there has to be an assessment of the extent to which the quality of individual children 's work is affected by an individual teacher 's classroom management and by his or her adoption of the relevant part of the school plan . |
| 7 | And a British teacher I knew used to point out to me the oddness of Chinese children 's drawing styles compared with those of Western children . |
| 8 | Writing for children in other schools might be a useful way of developing the ability to do this , and certainly many schools have found this " experience-exchange " a very valuable means of increasing children 's motivation to improve both the content and the presentation of their writing . |
| 9 | In addition to its role in imparting particular knowledge and skills , education is often presented as a way of developing children 's thinking skills generally . |
| 10 | Guests helped themselves from a buffet where a hot luncheon of delicious children 's food was served , included sausages , goulash , and open baked potatoes with a pat of butter inside . |
| 11 | Further evidence of young children 's tendency to psychologize comes from a series of studies in which Piaget ( 1929 , 1930 ) interviewed children about the causes of various phenomena , such as dreams , the origin of the sun and the moon , the weather , the nature of air , the movement of the clouds , the floating of boats , and the workings of a steam-engine . |
| 12 | The picture which Piaget paints of young children 's ability to explain is essentially a negative one . |
| 13 | Several studies ( Berzonsky , 1971 ; Morag Donaldson , 1986 ; Huang , 1943 ) have provided empirical support for this argument , and in doing so have produced a much more optimistic picture of young children 's ability to explain . |
| 14 | It is not within the scope of this chapter to reflect upon how such a combined change ( in teacher training and school organisation ) might affect the quality and style of young children 's learning . |