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Download full textLeiss, Robert H.; Proger, Barton B. – 1977
To determine the most effective language training activities for trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children, the variables of degree of previous language training, IQ, Peabody language treatment program versus Distar language treatment program, pretest versus posttest, and sex were examined with 122 TMR Ss (7 to 14 years old). Results of the…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Language Programs, Language Skills
Bartlett, Elsa Jaffe – 1970
For purposes of analysis, preschool language programs can be sorted into four general categories according to the dominant type of learning activity (1) Pattern practice, (2) Cognitive verbalization, (3) Discussion, (4) Role play. Along with definitions of language, the program types differ in the kinds of interactions which occur between teacher…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Interaction, Language Programs
Dunn, Lloyd M.; Bruininks, Robert H. – 1968
The Cooperative Language Development Project studied the efficacy of the Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA) in teaching beginning reading and the efficacy of the Peabody Language Development Kits in stimulating verbal intelligence, creative thinking, school achievement, and language development. In this monograph, a post-test and follow-up evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Creativity, Disadvantaged Youth
Dunn, Lloyd M.; And Others – 1968
The purpose of the three-year Cooperative Language Development Project was to examine the efficacy of an oral language development program and an experimental reading program in improving the academic achievement, language development, intellectual functioning, and creative thinking of disadvantaged children in primary grades. The experimental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Creativity, Disadvantaged Youth
Woodhead, Martin, Ed. – 1976
This book describes an experimental compensatory preschool program carried out in England between 1968 and 1973. The program combined a traditional nursery program with a daily 20-minute period focusing on specific language and perceptual activities. Experimental and control subjects, 237 in all, were selected from four state supported nursery…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Dunn, Lloyd M.; Mueller, Max W. – 1967
The differential effects of the experimental revision of Level 1 of the Peabody Language Development Kits (PLDK) on the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) profiles of disadvantaged first-grade children were studied. Contrasted with 203 control subjects were 529 experimental subjects who received a daily 30-minute oral language…
Descriptors: Black Students, Black Youth, Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Missouri State Dept. of Education, Jefferson City. – 1967
Six speakers consider programs for the retarded. Geraldine K. Fergen describes the challenge of special education; James O. Smith discusses planning appropriate language programs for children with retarded intellectual development; and Bobby Palk outlines the sequential development of skills in the trainable mentally retarded. Also treated are…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Curriculum Development, Exceptional Child Education, Language Acquisition
