Purpose: The objectives of this study were to examine different speech profiles among children with dysarthria secondary to cerebral palsy (CP) and to characterize the effect of different speech profiles on intelligibility. Method: Twenty 5-year-old children with dysarthria secondary to CP and 20 typically developing children were included in this…

Purpose: In this study, the authors proposed and tested a preliminary speech and language classification system for children with cerebral palsy. Method: Speech and language assessment data were collected in a laboratory setting from 34 children with cerebral palsy (CP; 18 male, 16 female) with a mean age of 54 months (SD = 1.8). Measures of…

Measurement of the mutual intelligibility of dialects of a language is discussed. The focus is on several theoretical constructs in measurement, illustrated with data from an earlier study of the mutual intelligibility of 17 Chinese dialects. Measurement procedures are also explained. It is proposed that mutual intelligibility is based on the…

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING ABILITIES IS A PERVASIVE AND IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE OF AMERICAN SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION. ALTHOUGH CRITICAL THINKING ABILITIES HAVE RECEIVED RECOGNITION AS WORTHY EDUCATIONAL GOALS, FEW STUDY GROUPS AND EVEN FEWER TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO DEFINE THE MEANS OF INSTRUCTION THROUGH WHICH SUCH GOALS ARE REALIZED. IN…