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Hemmeter, Mary Louise; And Others – 1986
The adequacy of mean length of utterance (MLU) as a criterion for matching retarded and normally developing children was investigated. Six normally developing and four retarded subjects were matched on MLU. Although matched on MLU, these two groups of children demonstrated both quantitative and qualitative differences in their use of language.…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Testing, Criteria, Language Acquisition
