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Download full textMeyen, Edward L.; And Others – 1968
To assist teachers and administrators in the selection of materials, the Peabody Language Development Kits (PLDK), Levels 1 and 2, are reviewed and evaluated. The PLDK contain 180 daily lessons, teaching manual, and materials for an intensive language training program for mentally retarded and culturally deprived children. Level 1 can be used in…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Instructional Materials, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedBannatyne, Alex – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1973
The four Peabody Language Development Kits emphasize reception, expression, and conceptualization in organized lessons (180 in each kit) for disadvantaged and mentally retarded children, 3 through 9 1/2 years of age. (MC)
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Education, Instructional Materials
CARTER, JOHN L. – 1967
THE SHORT- AND LONG-RANGE EFFECTS OF A LANGUAGE STIMULATION PROGRAM ON THE LINGUISTIC ABILITY AND INTELLIGENCE OF EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED FIRST-GRADE NEGRO CHILDREN WERE STUDIED. SUBJECTS WERE RANDOMLY PLACED IN EXPERIMENTS (E) AND CONTROL (C) GROUPS OF 32 PUPILS MATCHED ON STANDARDIZED PRETEST BATTERIES WHICH DETERMINED THEIR LANGUAGE AND…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educationally Disadvantaged, Followup Studies, Grade 1
Dunn, Lloyd M.; And Others – 1968
To determine the effectiveness of the Peabody Language Development Kits over an extended period (2.5 years) with educable mentally retarded (EMR) children, daily oral language stimulation lessons using Levels One and Two of the kit were given to 27 classes for the EMR in schools with culturally disadvantaged populations. Results showed the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Exceptional Child Research, Instructional Materials
Leiss, Robert H., Comp.; Proger, Barton B., Comp. – 1974
During the 1973-74 school year, 230 trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children (ages 7 to 14 years) were exposed to one of two language training conditions: Distar or Peabody. A population of 116 continuees from the first year of the project and 114 new entries were assigned in as random a fashion as possible to either Distar or Peabody. Ss were…
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences, Language Instruction
Proger, Barton B.; Leiss, Robert H. – 1976
Effects of the different components of the Distar language program were tested on 48 trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children. Three designs were used comparing IQ, sex, continuation status, selected standardized test results, and replicates. Results indicated that the degree of previous formal language training (continuation status) did not…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences
Dunn, Lloyd M.; Bruininks, Robert H. – 1968
The Cooperative Language Development Project studied the efficacy of the Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA) in teaching beginning reading and the efficacy of the Peabody Language Development Kits in stimulating verbal intelligence, creative thinking, school achievement, and language development. In this monograph, a post-test and follow-up evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Creativity, Disadvantaged Youth
Dunn, Lloyd M.; And Others – 1968
The purpose of the three-year Cooperative Language Development Project was to examine the efficacy of an oral language development program and an experimental reading program in improving the academic achievement, language development, intellectual functioning, and creative thinking of disadvantaged children in primary grades. The experimental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Creativity, Disadvantaged Youth
