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Simeone, Paul J.; Schlosser, Ralf W.; Frampton, Sarah E.; Shane, Howard C.; Wendt, Oliver – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: Miniature linguistic systems (also known as matrix training) is a method of organizing learning targets to achieve generative learning or recombinative generalization. This systematic review is aimed at determining whether matrix training is effective for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in terms of improving recombinative…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Training, Program Effectiveness, Generalization
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Gillon, Gail; McNeill, Brigid; Denston, Amanda; Scott, Amy; Macfarlane, Angus – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
This study investigated the response to class-wide phonological awareness and oral language teaching for 40 children who entered school with speech and language difficulties. A stepped wedge research design was adopted to compare the immediate impact of the 10-week teacher-led instruction. The progress of the children with speech and language…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Phonological Awareness, Oral Language, Speech Impairments
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Korat, Ofra; Levin, Iris; Ben-Shabt, Anat; Shneor, Dafna; Bokovza, Limor – Reading Research Quarterly, 2014
We investigated the extent to which a dictionary embedded in an e-book with static or dynamic visuals with and without printed focal words affects word learning. A pretest-posttest design was used to measure gains of expressive words' meaning and their spelling. The participants included 250 Hebrew-speaking second graders from…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Electronic Publishing, Books, Reading
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Torppa, Minna; Lyytinen, Paula; Erskine, Jane; Eklund, Kenneth; Lyytinen, Heikki – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
Discriminative language markers and predictive links between early language and literacy skills were investigated retrospectively in the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia in which children at familial risk for dyslexia have been followed from birth. Three groups were formed on the basis of 198 children's reading and spelling status. One…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Morphology (Languages), Dyslexia, Phonological Awareness
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Swank, Linda K. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
Relationships between phonological coding abilities and reading outcomes have implications for differential diagnosis of language-based reading problems. The theoretical construct of specific phonological coding ability is explained, including phonological encoding, phonological awareness and metaphonology, lexical access, working memory, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language
Osberger, Mary Joe, Ed. – 1986
The monograph consists of 13 author contributed chapters arising out of a Nebraska study which attempted to quantify the performance of 150 profoundly hearing impaired students (4-20 years old) in the areas of language (receptive and expressive), academics (reading, spelling, math), and related learning (visual perception and short-term memory)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Audiology, Communication Skills