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Skarakis-Doyle, Elizabeth; Dempsey, Lynn – Topics in Language Disorders, 2008
The article describes the development of story comprehension in young children with and without language impairment. It further describes the procedures, both traditional and novel.
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Preschool Children, Listening Comprehension
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Windsor, Jennifer – Topics in Language Disorders, 2002
This article compares two theories on why children with language impairment have slower response times when completing linguistic and nonlinguistic tasks. First, the slowing is due to difficulty with a particular cognitive processes and second, the slowing is due to a general cognitive processing limitation. Clinical implications are discussed.…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Information Processing, Intervention
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Carlisle, Joanne F. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
This article discusses (1) assessment of discourse through listening and reading to evaluate comprehension problems; (2) developmental aspects of the relationship between listening and reading comprehension skills; (3) problems with selecting text passages and methods of testing comprehension; and (4) the development of a set of passages and a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Listening Comprehension