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Forman, Ellice A.; McCormick, Dawn E. – Remedial and Special Education, 1995
This paper reviews how sociocultural theory conceptualizes teaching and learning, fundamental constructs of the theory and methodology, and basic guidelines for discourse analysis. It applies these concepts to three research areas: the social construction of disability, contingent instruction between adults and learners, and miscommunication…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Discourse Analysis
McCabe, Allyssa; Rollins, Pamela Rosenthal – 1991
This paper provides information concerning preschool narrative development in typically developing North American children, stressing previously documented links between early narrative skills and literacy development. Methods are provided for assessing narrative skills of language-impaired children. The methods involve eliciting from the children…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Language Handicaps