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Direct linkKalandadze, Tamar; Norbury, Courtenay; Naerland, Terje; Naess, Kari-Anne B. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
We present a meta-analysis of studies that compare figurative language comprehension in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and in typically developing controls who were matched based on chronological age or/and language ability. A total of 41 studies and 45 independent effect sizes were included based on predetermined inclusion criteria.…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Reading Comprehension, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Yang, Jin-Suk – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2016
This study synthesizes the methods and findings of published research investigating second language (L2) learners' linguistic development in study-abroad (SA) contexts. Some studies have demonstrated that SA participation is beneficial to learners' L2 development, whereas others have not supported such a relationship. The first phase of this…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Meta Analysis, Effect Size, Second Language Learning
Download full textMarjanovic-Umek, Ljubica; Fekonja-Peklaj, Urška – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2017
Child gender has been proved to affect toddlers'/children's language development in several studies, but its effect was not found to be stable across different ages or various aspects of language ability. The effect of gender on toddler's, children's and adolescents' language ability was examined in the present meta-analysis of ten Slovenian…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Meta Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
Plonsky, Luke; Brown, Dan – Second Language Research, 2015
Applied linguists have turned increasingly in recent years to meta-analysis as the preferred means of synthesizing quantitative research. The first step in the meta-analytic process involves defining a domain of interest. Despite its apparent simplicity, this step involves a great deal of subjectivity on the part of the meta-analyst. This article…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Second Language Learning, Language Research, Applied Linguistics
Hollo, Alexandra; Wehby, Joseph H.; Oliver, Regina M. – Exceptional Children, 2014
Low language proficiency and problem behavior often co-occur, yet language deficits are likely to be overlooked in children with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Random effects meta-analyses were conducted to determine prevalence and severity of the problem. Across 22 studies, participants included 1,171 children ages 5-13 with formally…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Language Proficiency, Language Impairments, Behavior Problems
Vu, Jennifer A.; Babikian, Talin; Asarnow, Robert F . – Exceptional Children, 2011
Expanding on Babikian and Asarnow's (2009) meta-analytic study examining neurocognitive domains, this current meta-analysis examined academic and language outcomes at different time points post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children and adolescents. Although children with mild TBI exhibited no significant deficits, studies indicate that children…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Brain, Language Skills, Meta Analysis
