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Peer reviewedMarinellie, Sally A.; Johnson, Cynthia J. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2002
Fifteen children (grades 3-5) with specific language impairment (SLI) were asked to define 10 common nouns. Children with SLI scored significantly lower than children with typically developing language for both content and form. Results suggest that lexical access and/or lack of metalinguistic knowledge were potential causes for the lower scores…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Definitions, Expressive Language, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedBretherton, Inge; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines young children's developing ability to talk about emotions, considers evidence concerning the ability to talk about emotions in the conduct of interpersonal interaction, and offers ideas about future directions for research, emphasizing the functionalist approach to the analysis of emotion-denoting terms. (HOD)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Emotional Development, Emotional Response, Expressive Language
Download full textPerry, Raymond P.; Dickens, Wenda J. – 1983
Educational seduction, in which a charismatic, entertaining instructor obtains favorable student ratings while presenting insufficient lecture content, threatens the validity of student ratings and teaching effectiveness research. To examine the effects of one educational seduction variable, instructor expressiveness, on student achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Classroom Communication, College Students
