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Page, Judith L.; Stewart, Sharon R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1985
The authors describe the development and role of story grammars and note the implications for assessment of story production and retelling, scrambled stories, and the macrocloze technique (testing the child's ability to predict or infer missing information). Remediation procedures for improving prediction skills and training story grammar…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Grammar, Intervention
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Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine; Downey, Doris M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1986
The difficulties hearing impaired students experience in acquiring the conceptual information underlying narratives is discussed in terms of schemata development and the role of incidental learning. Principles for teaching concepts and labels, elaborating the schema, using questions to fill in conceptual gaps, and using imaginary play and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Hearing Impairments
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Kawakami, Alice J.; Au, Kathryn Hu-pei – Topics in Language Disorders, 1986
The article reviews approaches used in the Kamehameha Elementary Education Program (KEEP) in Hawaii to increase reading skills of educationally at-risk Polynesian-Hawaiian children (K-grade 3). Whole class story reading lessons and small group reading comprehension lessons are described. (CL)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, Group Instruction, High Risk Persons