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Oral and Written Compositions of Students with Learning Disabilities in the Content Area of Science.
Peer reviewedMcFarland, Jacqueline; Shepard, Teri – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1995
Middle school students (n=39) with learning disabilities completed written and oral science composition tasks. Results indicated better overall oral than written performance, use of more sentences (though shorter) in written than oral presentations, and no significant differences between oral and written word count or thought units. Little…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Expressive Language, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
