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An Assessment of a Controlled Association Task to Identify Word-Finding Problems in Children.
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Hall, Penelope K.; Jordan, Linda S. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1987
An adaptation of the Fluency in Controlled Association subtest of the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination was administered to language-disordered (N=123) and non-disabled (N=286) kindergarten through ninth-grade students. Lack of significant differences on this task suggests that it may not be an appropriate screening device for identifying…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Associative Learning, Elementary Education, Expressive Language
A Survey of Speech and Language Pathology Services for Down's Syndrome: State of the Art.
Kumin, Libby – Applied Research in Mental Retardation, 1986
This article summarizes current trends in speech and language pathology services to individuals with Down's syndrome. Speech and language pathologists (N=112) responded to a survey identifying widely used assessment instruments, therapy materials, sources of information, and needs in relation to services at five age levels. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Educational Trends, Information Sources, Instructional Materials
A Method for Obtaining Listener Judgments of Spontaneously Produced Language: Social Validation through Direct Magnitude Estimation.
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Campbell, Thomas F.; Dollaghan, Christine – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
This paper reviews basic social validity assessment techniques, discusses the constructs underlying direct magnitude estimation (DME), illustrates the use of DME for performing social validity evaluations of spontaneous language samples (with 3 brain-injured children, ages 10-15, and 3 controls), and discusses the relationship between subjective…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Expressive Language
Developmental Sentence Scoring: Still Useful after All These Years.
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Hughes, Diana L.; And Others – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
Developmental Sentence Scoring (DSS) is a measure of spoken syntax that provides a numeric variable, provides some developmental data, and serves an organizing function for asking and answering clinical questions. DSS is useful in making diagnostic judgments, selecting goals and planning treatment, and measuring intervention efficacy. Difficulties…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Testing and Teaching Communicatively Handicapped Hispanic Children: The State of the Art in 1980, September 1, 1979 through June 30, 1980.
Dulay, Heidi, Ed.; And Others – 1980
The state of the art in testing and teaching communicatively handicapped Hispanic children is examined in eight chapters organized into sections concerned with insights from research, a view of the present, and recommendations for the future. The three chapters of the first section summarize research related to the acquisition of English as a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Disorders, Dialect Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Integrating Microcomputer Applications into Speech and Language Assessment.
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Long, Steven H. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
The article addresses advances in speech and language assessment through the use of technology. Discussed are the large amounts of accurate diagnostic information that software can generate and the use of microcomputers in data interpretation. Categories of assessment software (phonological analysis and language sample analysis) are considered and…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Computer Software Selection