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An Attempt to Revise Scoring Conventions for the Token and Reporter's Tests.
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Hall, Penelope K.; Jordan, Linda S. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1988
Revised methods of scoring the Token Test and Reporter's Test were developed to accommodate specific types of errors committed by language-disordered children during a previous standardization study. Test modifications are explained as are the results of administering the revised tests to both normal and language-disordered school-aged children.…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Language Handicaps, Language Tests, Receptive Language
Assessing Oral Language Comprehension: Are Picture-Vocabulary Tests Enough?
Groshong, Claudia Clark – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1987
Language disabled (LD) and average (N=40) six- and eight-year-olds were evaluated on the ability to detect multiple word meanings in ambiguous sentences with and without picture clues and to identify appropriate word meaning by sentence context. LD students did not show average growth in these abilities over the two-year age span. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Language Handicaps, Primary Education
Hampered Production of Words as a Characteristic of School Failure.
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van der Wissel, A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The study demonstrated that 36 male children (ages 7-10) with learning problems were characterized not by a restricted vocabulary as such (i.e., the variance common to both receptive and productive vocabulary measures) but by a hampered production of words (i.e., the variance common to both speed-of-naming and productive vocabulary measures.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expressive Language, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities
An Evaluation of the Test of Early Language Development as a Measure of Receptive and Expressive Language.
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Dale, Philip S.; Henderson, Valanne L. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1987
Comparison of Test of Early Language Development (TELD) scores of developmentally-delayed three- to six-year-olds (N=85) with other language and cognition measures indicated that TELD scores documented language delays, correlating strongly with other language measures, but failed to accurately classify subjects clinically classified as…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disability Identification, Expressive Language, Language Handicaps
Acquisition of Semantic Role by Language-Disordered Children: Differences between Production and Comprehension.
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Connell, Phil J. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1986
Comparison of production and comprehension methods in teaching six 3-year-old language disordered children the relationship between semantic role and word order indicated the production method (the children produced sentences contrasting word order and meaning) was more effective than the comprehension method (the children responded to contrasting…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
Otitis Media and Language Development at 1 Year of Age.
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Wallace, Ina F.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1988
Fifteen 1-year-olds without otitis media were compared to 12 babies who were otitis positive. No significant differences were detected on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development or the Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development (SICD) Receptive scale. However, the otitis-positive group exhibited lower SICD Expressive scores than the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communicable Diseases, Communication Skills, Ears
A Review of the Bzoch-League Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Scale and the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language.
Wnuk, Lu – Canadian Journal for Exceptional Children, 1987
Two language ability tests are discussed: the Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Scale (REEL), measuring language competencies from birth through 36 months and the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language (TACL), for children ages three to seven. Their efficacy in identifying language delays and in establishing criteria for effective…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Diagnosis, Handicap Identification, Language Acquisition