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Math Failure and Learning Disabilities in the Postsecondary Student Population.
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Strawser, Sherri; Miller, Susan P. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2001
This article discusses factors that contribute to the difficulties that many postsecondary students with learning disabilities have in meeting the mathematics demands, including: characteristics of learning disabilities in math, inadequate preparation for postsecondary math demands, difficulties with assessment and identification, and…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, College Mathematics, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction
Otitis Media and Disordered Phonologies: Some Concerns and Cautions.
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Paden, Elaine Pagel – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This article reviews problems faced by researchers in the association between otitis media with effusion and phonological impairment and then summarizes currently established findings concerning otitis media and its effects on phonological acquisition. Professionals are cautioned to neither ignore nor exaggerate the possible influence of otitis…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Diseases, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
"Oh, I Remember Now!": Facilitating Children's Long-Term Memory for Events.
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Hudson, Judith A.; Gillam, Ronald B. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
Discusses the relationship between language impairments and memory. A discovery process that can be used to determine the degree to which children's long-term memories vary across recall content and contexts, and a method for determining which memory facilitation strategies are the most effective are discussed. (CR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Developmental Stages, Encoding (Psychology)
Separate Linguistic and Attentional Factors in the Development of Reading.
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Wood, Frank B.; Felton, Rebecca H. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This 5-year study compared 204 first graders, 60 poor reading third graders, and 105 adults who had been evaluated for reading problems in childhood. Results suggest that attention deficit disorder has no impact on the development of word identification skills but does affect long-term educational outcomes. Phonological decoding and rapid naming…
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Deficit Disorders, Decoding (Reading), Longitudinal Studies
Text Coherence and Readability.
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Meyer, Bonnie J. F. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
This article discusses how text variables interact with reader, strategy, and task variables to affect readability, including text coherence, text organization, signaling, and text structure. It considers how classic readability formulas, in concert with consideration of text, text reader, and strategy variables, can be used to match texts to…
Descriptors: Coherence, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Impairments
Vocabulary and Readability: How Knowing Word Meanings Affects Comprehension.
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Stahl, Steven A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
This article explores the relationships between vocabulary knowledge and text readability. It discusses how procedures used by readability formulas to assess the vocabulary factor can over- or underestimate text difficulty by counting syllables rather than assessing what the reader knows about the words in a text. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Impairments, Performance Factors
Graphic Representational Systems and Literacy Learning.
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McNaughton, Shirley – Topics in Language Disorders, 1993
This article explores the effect of augmentative and alternative communication systems on literacy acquisition by young children with severe speech and physical impairments. The possibility of a relationship between the type of graphic symbols used for communication as a preschooler and the child's early reading competency is considered. (DB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Communication Disorders, Early Childhood Education