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The Syntactic-Paradigmatic Shift in Learning Disabled and Normal Children
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Bartel, Nettie R.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1973
Descriptors: Association Measures, Children, Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition
Syntactic Complexity: A Necessary Ingredient in Predicting Readability.
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Harber, Jean R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
The article examines the available means of determining the readability of written materials and reviews the empirical evidence that indicates consideration of syntactic complexity in determining readability. Problems with readability formulas are pointed out. Guidelines for using readability formulas that take syntactic complexity into account…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Learning Disabilities, Prediction
Repetition of Time-Altered Sentences by Normal and Learning Disabled Children.
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McNutt, James C.; Chia-Yen Li, Janice – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
To determine whether the auditory difficulties of learning disabled (LD) children are characterized by deficiencies in processing especially rapid or especially slow speech, the effect of various rates of compressed and expanded sentences on the repetition performance of 20 LD and normal children (ages 8 to 11 years) was investigated. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Children, Exceptional Child Research, Intermediate Grades