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Narrative Development
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Investigators
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* **Ozlem Ece Demir** (`email <mailto:ece@uchicago.edu>`__)
* Susan Goldin-Meadow (`email <mailto:sgm@uchicago.edu>`__)
* Susan Levine (`email <mailto:s-levine@uchicago.edu>`__)


Overview
========

This broad line of research examines the narrative development of both P2
(normally developing) and P3 (brain-injured) children. We examine not only 
children’s speech but also their gestures.

Narratives are collected through multiple methods: through cartoons (Jerry, Tweety,
Maus), through a story stem (Story Stem), through a picture book (Frog Story), in
naturalistic interactions (Tiny Narratives).


Status
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Coding will continue during Summer 2012. Analysis will start Fall 2012.


Archive
=======

The data files and other documents associated with this study can be found in Ece's working directory on the LDP file server (*Analord*) in the **Groups** volume::

    afp://analord.spc.uchicago.edu/Groups/Grads/Ece/Narrative

We'll abbreviate the server/path location to Ece's working directory as ``$ECE`` 
and ``$ECE/Narrative`` as ``$STUDY``.

This study collected narrative descriptions offered by child subjects after 
presenting them with various stimuli: 

* Cartoons

  * **Jerry**
  * **Tweety**
  * **Maus**

* **Story Stem**

* Picture Book (**Frog Story**)

* Naturalistic Interactions (**Tiny Narratives**)

Except for **Maus**, each of the stimuli listed above have their own set of coded 
transcripts, coding manuals, and coding templates.  These can be found under the 
respective directories in the ``$STUDY`` directory 
(``$ANALORD/Groups/Grads/Ece/Narrative``)::

    $STUDY
    ├── Data
    │   ├── CompQuestions.xlsx
    │   ├── Gesturers.xls
    │   ├── NarrativeResults.xlsx
    │   └── NarrativeResultsbyAge.xlsx
    ├── Jerry
    │   ├── Final Transcipts                    # transcripts
    │   └── TrainingManuals
    │       ├── CompQuestions.xlsx
    │       ├── Comprehension Questions.xls     # manual
    │       ├── DissertationCoding              # gesture/cohesion coding manual
    │       ├── NarrCodingHOS.doc               # manual
    │       ├── NarrGCodingManual-3.doc         # manual
    │       ├── NarrGCodingTemplate_4.xls       # template
    │       ├── NarrGReadMe.rtf
    │       └── reliabilitytemplate_Jerry.xlsx
    │
    ├── Narrative Measures                      # schedules
    │   ├── NarrativeMasterPlan.xlsx
    │   ├── NarrativeMeasuresP2_Ece.xls
    │   └── NarrativeMeasuresP3_Updated.xls
    ├── StoryStem Frog
    │   ├── Final Transcripts                   # transcripts
    │   └── TrainingManuals
    │       └── ManualTemplate
    │          ├── NarrCodingHOS.doc
    │          ├── NarrGCodingTemplate_3.xls
    │          ├── StorystemCodingCriteria.doc  # manual
    │          └── StorystemTemplate.xls        # template
    │
    ├── TinyNarratives
    │   ├── Final Transcripts                   # transcripts
    │   └── TrainingManuals
    │       ├── NarrativeCodingManual           # manual
    │       └── Tinynarrativestemplate.xlsx     # template
    └── Tweety
        ├── 10H.P2                              # transcripts
        ├── 10H.P3
        └── NarrGCodingTemplate_Tweety.xls      # template


.. note::

    The **Maus** transcripts and coding templates can be found on the 
    LDP Video Server (``smb://ldpfs.spc.uchicago.edu``) in the directory
    ``Maus Transcripts – Winter sessions``.

Ece's published Story Stem paper can be found in ``$ECE/PublishedPaper/Write-ups/StoryStemPaper/Demiretal2010DevSci.pdf``.