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Naess, Kari-Anne B.; Melby-Lervag, Monica; Hulme, Charles; Lyster, Solveig-Alma Halaas – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The authors examine the reading profile in children with Down syndrome by comparing the nonword decoding skills in children with Down syndrome and typically developing children matched for word recognition level. Journal articles published before 04.05.2010 were identified by using the keyword Down* cross-referenced to "reading", "literacy",…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Phonological Awareness, Down Syndrome, Word Recognition
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Peeters, Marieke; de Moor, Jan; Verhoeven, Ludo – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The goal of the present study was to get an overview of the emergent literacy activities, instructional adaptations and school absence of children with cerebral palsy (CP) compared to normally developing peers. The results showed that there were differences between the groups regarding the amount of emergent literacy instruction. While time…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Emergent Literacy, Children, Special Education
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Van der Bijl, Corne; Alant, Erna; Lloyd, Lyle – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
The aim of this research study was to compare two strategies of sight word instruction in children attending a school for learners with moderate to severe mental disability, namely modified orthography (MO) and modified orthography where an association was made between the modification and the traditional orthography (MO/TO) together with a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Children