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Gamliel, Ifat; Yirmiya, Nurit; Sigman, Marian – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
Cognitive and language skills of 39 siblings of children with autism (SIBS-A) and 39 siblings of typically developing children (SIBS-TD) at ages 4, 14, 24, 36, and 54 months were compared. Twelve of the 39 SIBS-A revealed a delay in cognition and/or language (including one child diagnosed with autism) compared to only two SIBS-TD. Developmental…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Siblings, Language Aptitude, Expressive Language
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Montgomery, James W. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2000
Examined the influence of working memory on the off-line and real-time sentence comprehension/ processing of children with specific language impairment (SLI). Twelve children with SLI, 12 normally developing children matched for chronological age (CA), and 12 children matched for receptive syntax completed three tasks. Suggests that SLI children…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Language Impairments, Language Processing
Evans, Mary Ann; Kirchmann, Susanne – 1993
A study examined mothers' accuracy in predicting the responses their children would give and the scores they would achieve on two standardized vocabulary tests. Specifically, the study's primary purpose was to examine maternal estimates of both expressive and receptive vocabulary skills according to two indices: accuracy of total score and…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Comparative Analysis, Expressive Language, Foreign Countries
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Kohen, Dafna E.; Brehaut, Jamie C.; Pence, Alan; Hunter, Mike – Canadian Journal of Infancy and Early Childhood, 2002
This study examined the associations between the use of after-school care arrangements and adolescent competencies in 60 young Canadian adolescents. Findings revealed that, compared to those not participating, early adolescents participating in after-school care between 5 and 13 years obtained higher academic and social competency scores based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Comparative Analysis, Early Adolescents
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Rescorla, Leslie – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2005
Language and reading outcomes at 13 years of age were examined in 28 children identified at 24 to 31 months as late talkers, all of whom came from middle--to upper-class socioeconomic status (SES) families and had normal nonverbal ability and age-adequate receptive language at intake. Late talkers were compared with a group of 25 typically…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Receptive Language, Nonverbal Ability, Language Acquisition
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Sartain, Harry W. – 1981
This booklet contains information on the Languages of the Disciplines Project, a federally funded program that seeks to identify the problems in receptive communication encountered by beginning university students in specific disciplines and the techniques for helping these students overcome their problems. The first section of the booklet notes…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, College Programs