NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lundine, Jennifer P. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
For academic success, it is increasingly important that students of all ages can produce and comprehend expository discourse. This article provides guidance to clinicians and educators on using language sample analysis (LSA) to assess the expository language abilities of students across grades. Focusing on microstructural and macrostructural…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, High School Students, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Zajic, Matthew; Dunn, Michael; Berninger, Virginia – Topics in Language Disorders, 2019
This study investigated literacy learning in students with specific kinds of language challenges at a specific stage of schooling--transition to high school--when the language requirements of the curriculum can be especially challenging. For this exploratory research, a case study approach was adopted that compared 2 adolescent boys both with…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Oral Language, Written Language
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Frink, Melissa Daniel; Whitmire, Kathleen A.; Bogdan, Georgiann – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
A growing number of high school students with disabilities are planning to continue their education in postsecondary schools, including vocational and career schools, 2- and 4-year colleges, and universities (U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 2011). The transition from secondary settings to postsecondary settings presents…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, High School Students, Disabilities, College Bound Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Horton-Ikard, RaMonda; Pittman, Ramona T. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
This article describes the use of African American English (AAE) in the written and oral language of African American adolescents who struggle with writing. Written and oral language samples of 22 African American 10th-grade students were transcribed, analyzed, and coded for AAE, grammatical errors, spelling errors, and punctuation errors. Four…
Descriptors: Spelling, Black Dialects, Form Classes (Languages), Written Language
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Caccamise, Donna; Snyder, Lynn – Topics in Language Disorders, 2005
This article reports on the reading comprehension crisis of older students in the middle and high school grades in our nation. Its goal is to establish a common foundation for intervention by educators and clinicians alike, by providing a brief description of the state of the field in comprehension theory. In particular, the Kintsch…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, Intervention