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Dolscheid, Sarah; Ostrowski, Lea; Verlage, Heiko – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
The approximate number system (ANS) is foundational to numerical cognition. Whereas some studies hint at intact ANS skills in individuals with Down syndrome (DS), others report impaired ANS abilities. To reconcile these discrepant findings, we investigated ANS skills of children with DS and typically developing (TD) children in a non-symbolic…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Numbers, Down Syndrome, Mathematics Skills
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Sandra V. Loosli; Lennart C. Neumann; Elisabeth Wlasich; Catharina Prix; Laura Koll; Endy Weidinger; Jonathan Vöglein; Olivia Wagemann; Adrian Danek; Georg Nübling; Johannes Levin – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: The CAMDEX-DS is an instrument to diagnose Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Down syndrome consisting of an informant interview and a cognitive test battery (CAMCOG-DS). Measurement properties of the German CAMDEX-DS were investigated. Method: Fifty-five adults with Down syndrome (19-58 years) participated in this observational study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diagnostic Tests, Alzheimers Disease, Down Syndrome
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Penke, Martina; Wimmer, Eva – First Language, 2020
In individuals with Down syndrome (DS) deficits in verbal short-term memory (VSTM) and deficits in sentence comprehension co-occur, suggesting that deficits in VSTM might be causal for the deficits in sentence comprehension. The present study aims to explore the presumed relationship between VSTM and sentence comprehension in individuals with DS…
Descriptors: Sentences, Language Processing, German, Native Language
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Schwab, Susanne; Huber, Christian; Gebhardt, Markus – Educational Psychology, 2016
We investigated the influence of teacher feedback on the social acceptance of peers with intellectual disabilities and peers without disabilities. A computer task was administered to 601 students in grades 3 and 4. Twenty-six per cent of the students attend an inclusive school; the others are in regular schools without students with special…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Down Syndrome, Intellectual Disability, Grade 3
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Huyard, Caroline – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: Recently researchers have suggested that non-medical information may impact the decision to continue or terminate a pregnancy after a prenatal diagnosis. This study is an investigation of what type of information prospective parents need for this decision-making in the case of a condition predisposing to intellectual disability.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Pregnancy
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Lenhard, Wolfgang; Breitenbach, Erwin; Ebert, Harald; Schindelhauer-Deutscher, H. Joachim; Zang, Klaus D.; Henn, Wolfram – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2007
In 1970, before the introduction of prenatal diagnosis of chromosome anomalies, an unpublished questionnaire study concerning the social and emotional situation of mothers of children with Down syndrome was conducted in southern Germany. To assess the psychosocial impact of the availability of prenatal diagnosis on parents of genetically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Life, Identification, Mother Attitudes
Ellis, Norman R., Ed. – 1971
The stated purpose of the text is to review and interpret current behavioral research in mental retardation (including that done abroad) and to provide a forum for theories and new approaches. Eight chapters by different authors focus on the following subjects: medical-behavioral research; recognition memory: a research strategy and summary of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Down Syndrome, Drug Therapy, Exceptional Child Research
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers