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Psycholinguistic Training Programs: Are There Differential Treatment Effects?
Kavale, Kenneth – Exceptional Child, 1982
A study investigated the differential effects of psycholinguistic training programs on Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) scores obtained by educable mentally retarded, trainable mentally retarded, and culturally-economically disadvantaged preschool and elementary students. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Preschool Education
Non-Word Repetition in Spanish-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
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Girbau, Dolors; Schwartz, Richard G. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2007
Background: A number of previous studies have revealed that children with Specific Language Impairment have limitations in Phonological Working Memory as revealed by a task that requires them to repeat non-words of increasing syllable length. However, most published studies have used non-words that are phonotactically English. Aims: The purpose…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Memory, Syllables, Spanish Speaking
Research on Psycholinguistic Training: Critique and Guidelines
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Minskoff, Esther H. – Exceptional Children, 1975
Critiqued is a review by D. Hammill and S. Larsen which concluded that the effectiveness of psycholinguistic training with learning disabled children has not been demonstrated, and offered is a delineation of the variables which the author believes must be described and controlled in all efficacy studies. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities
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Newcomer, Phyllis; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1975
Answered is Esther Minskoff's critique of a review by D. Hammill and S. Larsen which concluded that the effectiveness of psycholinguistic training with learning disabled children has not been demonstrated. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities
A Study of the Effects of a Group Language Development Program Upon the Psycholinguistic Abilities and Later Beginning Reading Success of Kindergarten Children.
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Milligan, Jerry L. – 1965
In this study, the Peabody Language Development Kit, originally designed for culturally deprived and mentally retarded children, was tested to see how it affected the psycholinguistic abilities and beginning reading development of normal children. Ninety-seven kindergartners were randomly divided into an experimental group who used the Peabody Kit…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Experimental Programs, Instructional Materials
The Effects of Psycholinguistic Training on Improving Psycholinguistic Skills.
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Sowell, Virginia; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
The Ss were 63 first graders with reading and school readiness problems. It was found that Ss who received psycholinguistic training did not show significantly more psycholinguistic improvement than did Ss trained using traditional methods. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Child Language, Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Language Skills
One Perspective on Multicultural Education. An Opinion Paper.
Amodeo, Luiza B. – 1977
An examination of the linguistic behavior of monolingual and bilingual Spanish-speaking children in an environment where there is opportunity to develop proficiency in two languages is examined. A review of the literature concerned with the relationship of learning processes to psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic contexts precedes an examination…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Children, Cultural Pluralism