ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Etiology	2
Learning Disabilities	2
Neurological Impairments	2
Children	1
Cognitive Processes	1
Decoding (Reading)	1
Disability Identification	1
Elementary Secondary Education	1
Individual Characteristics	1
Influences	1
Language Acquisition	1
Language Processing	1
Nonverbal Learning	1
Oral Language	1
Psycholinguistics	1
Reading Comprehension	1
Reading Difficulties	1
Speech Communication	1
Symptoms (Individual…	1
More ▼

Source

Topics in Language Disorders

Author

Aram, Dorothy M.	1
Rourke, Byron P.	1
Tsatsanis, Katherine D.	1

Publication Type

Journal Articles	2
Information Analyses	1
Reports - Research	1

Education Level

Audience

Location

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 2 results Save | Export

Hyperlexia: Reading without Meaning in Young Children.

Peer reviewed

Aram, Dorothy M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997

Discusses the cognitive characteristics, neurobiological bases, and language and reading abilities of individuals with hyperlexia. A study of 12 children (ages 7-13) with hyperlexia is summarized that illustrates the dissociation between decoding and comprehension and the limited use of meaningful context to aid decoding. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Children, Decoding (Reading), Disability Identification, Etiology

Syndrome of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: Psycholinguistic Assets and Deficits.

Peer reviewed

Rourke, Byron P.; Tsatsanis, Katherine D. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996

This discussion of speech and language development in individuals with nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) reviews NLD assets, deficits, and dynamics; the white matter model; manifestations of NLD in neurological dysfunction; psycholinguistic dimensions of NLD in terms of language content, form, and use; developmental considerations in NLD; and…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Language Acquisition