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Linguistic and Metacognitive Aspects of Normally Achieving and Learning Disabled Children's Communication Process.
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Olsen, Janet L.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
The paper reports on two experiments which examined the linguistic and metacognitive aspects of the communication process in 15 normally achieving and 30 learning disabled grade five children. Training increased learning disabled children's sociolinguistic awareness and their use of sociolinguistic strategies for planfulness. Interestingly, the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Linguistics
Dyadic Verbal Communication Abilities of Learning Disabled and Normally Achieving Fourth- and Fifth-Grade Boys.
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Spekman, Nancy J. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
The study examined the dyadic verbal communication skills of 12 learning disabled and 36 normally achieving fourth- and fifth-grade boys. Dyads involving learning disabled children were found to be less successful and less efficient than those consisting of only normally ahcieving children. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Verbal Communication
Learning Disabled Children's Conversational Skills--The "TV Talk Show."
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Bryan, Tanis; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
The conversational strategies of the learning disabled and nondisabled children were analyzed for discourse and turn taking behaviors. Learning disabled children asked fewer questions and were less likely to produce open ended questions than nondisabled children. In turn, their conversational partners were less likely to provide elaborative…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities, Peer Relationship
Referential Communication Abilities of Learning Disabled Children.
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Noel, Margaret M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1980
The study investigated the referential communication ability of 40 learning disabled and 40 nonlearning disabled elementary school boys (ages 9 to 11). Results indicated that learning disabled Ss were less effective in providing descriptive information about objects than their nondisabled peers. (PHR)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Expressive Language, Learning Disabilities
Communicative Effectiveness of Learning Disabled and Normally Achieving 10- to 13-Year-Old Boys.
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Knight-Arest, Iris – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1984
Learning disabled boys' (N=25) communication skills were less effective than those of their normally achieving peers. Specifically, LD Ss talked more but said less than normally achieving Ss, appeared more comfortable doing than describing, and were less effective adapting messages to the needs of the listener. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities
Pragmatics: The Verbal Language of Learning Disabled and Nondisabled Boys.
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Boucher, C. Robin – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1984
The study examined the verbal language complexity and styles of 10 learning disabled and nondisabled sixth graders. Results indicated that LD boys had less complex verbal language; they could adjust verbal language and style to listener; and both LDs and non-LDs showed particular complementary communication styles. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Pragmatics
Pragmatics: The Meaning of Verbal Language in Learning Disabled and Nondisabled Boys.
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Boucher, C. Robin – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1986
The semantic usage of five learning disabled (LD) and five nonlearning disabled sixth-grade boys in conversational interaction with an adult and with peers was analyzed. Results indicated that, overall, LD and non-LD boys were highly similar in meaning usage and showed internal consistency of meaning usage across interaction types. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities
An Intervention Framework for Learning Disabled Students with Communication Disorders.
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Spekman, Nancy J.; Roth, Froma P. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1988
The paper presents an intervention framework for the management of communication disorders in learning disabled children. The model is comprised of three components: communicative intentions, presupposition, and the social organization of discourse. Resulting instructional guidelines and principles are offered. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Educational Methods, Intervention
Intervention Strategies for Learning Disabled Children with Oral Communication Disorders.
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Spekman, Nancy J.; Roth, Froma P. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1984
The paper tabularly presents information strategies (goals and instructional activities) for managing learning disabled children with oral communication disorders. The strategies are based on a comprehensive organizational framework of pragmatic abilities comprised of three major components: communicative intention, presupposition, and social…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Competence
The Changing Roles and Responsibilities of an LD Specialist.
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Klingner, Janette K.; Vaughn, Sharon – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002
This article chronicles a teacher's journey from resource teacher for students with learning disabilities (LD) to novice inclusion teacher and then expert inclusion specialist over a 7-year period. It concludes that the teacher's interpersonal and communication skills are most important, although skill at anticipating student difficulties and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Learning Disabilities
Constructing Educational Possibilities: A Sociolinguistic Examination of Meaning-Making in "Sharing Chair".
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Mariage, Troy V. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2000
This article describes implementation of a Sharing Chair as part of literacy program in a third and fourth grade special education learning disabilities class. Following free writing in their personal journals, students could share and receive feedback from a peer/teacher audience. The article presents results of analysis of videotape recordings…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Feedback, Intermediate Grades
Competencies for Professionals in Learning Disabilities.
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Newcomer, Phyllis L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1988
The article presents the rationale behind development by the Council for Learning Disabilities of a set of competencies for teachers of learning disabled children. Competencies cover the areas of oral language, reading, written expression, spelling, mathematics, cognition, behavioral management, counseling/consulting, career/vocational education,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills