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Bernstein, Jared; Van Moere, Alistair; Cheng, Jian – Language Testing, 2010
This paper presents evidence that supports the valid use of scores from fully automatic tests of spoken language ability to indicate a person's effectiveness in spoken communication. The paper reviews the constructs, scoring, and the concurrent validity evidence of "facility-in-L2" tests, a family of automated spoken language tests in Spanish,…
Descriptors: Speech, Oral Language, Language Tests, Test Validity
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Dominick, Kelli C.; Davis, Naomi Ornstein; Lainhart, Janet; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Folstein, Susan – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
The frequency, course, and inter-relationships of atypical eating, sleeping, self-injurious behavior, aggression and temper tantrums in children with autism and children with a history of language impairment (HLI), was investigated using a parent interview that was created to examine these problem behaviors. The relationships between these…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Sleep, Self Destructive Behavior, Language Aptitude
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Luinge, Margreet R.; Post, Wendy J.; Wit, Hero P.; Goorhuis-Brouwer, Sieneke M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: To scale language milestones in a group of 527 children to provide an instrument for screening language development. Procedure: The questionnaire regarding these milestones was completed by parental report. It was evaluated whether the scaled milestones satisfied the assumptions of the Mokken item response model. Results: The scalability…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Measures (Individuals)