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Hoover, John J. – 1978
The thesis presents a literature review of selected characteristics of learning disabled children and the relationship between these characteristics and reading. Thirty-three characteristics are discussed, divided into three categories: selected cognitive abilities, speech and language development, and selected behavioral and emotional-social…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Language Ability, Language Acquisition
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 32 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the development of young children's metalinguistic understanding of "letter,""word," and "sentence"; (2) modifications in speech to elderly conversationalists;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills
Bates, Elizabeth; And Others – 1979
A study is reported relevant to the relationship between first words learned by children and gestural symbolization under a variety of contextual conditions. It is part of a larger longitudinal study of 32 children at 10, 13, 20, and 27 months of age. The children were seen in three standardized situations for eliciting gestural and vocal symbols:…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Body Language, Child Language, Cognitive Development
PDF pending restorationGoldin-Meadow, Susan – 1979
The question is addressed whether a child would develop a communication system if a conventional linguistic model is absent. Six congenitally deaf children, who were not exposed to Sign Language, were observed and videotaped at play in their homes at intervals of one to three months. The children ranged in age from 1 year, 5 months to 4 years, 1…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Deafness, Deep Structure
Cazden, Courtney – 1979
This paper reviews studies on classroom talk and on mother-child interaction; it compares the latter with classroom talk and speculates on what language in the classroom could be. The discussion of language in the classroom revolves around: (1) the speech situation, that is, a situation organized in terms of some nonverbal activity; (2) the speech…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis
Winterowd, W. Ross; McElderry, Bruce R. – 1980
After a brief discussion of the concepts underlying the design of a high school district's composition program that emphasizes teacher inservice preparation and writing as process rather than product, this paper develops a theory of learning language skills similar to that used in learning a second language. A distinction is drawn between language…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Higher Education, Inservice Education, Language Acquisition
CHANCE, BURTON, JR.; MCDONALD, EUGENE T. – 1964
THIS INTRODUCTORY TEXT ON CEREBRAL PALSY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE BOOK CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF CEREBRAL PALSY, PROGRAMS FOR THOSE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, THE NEUROLOGICAL BASES, ETIOLOGY, AND DIAGNOSIS, AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF CEREBRAL PALSY. PROBLEMS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH CEREBRAL PALSY…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Children, Etiology, Exceptional Child Services
CRENSHAW, JOSEPH W.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE FLORIDA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS ESTABLISHED A STATE-WIDE COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR AGRICULTURAL MIGRANT CHILDREN. IN DEVELOPING THIS PROGRAM, EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO COORDINATE THE SERVICES AND EFFORTS OF OTHER AGENCIES WHICH HAVE BEEN AND STILL ARE ACTIVE WITH AGRICULTURAL MIGRANTS. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN ORGANIZED…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Cultural Opportunities
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Curriculum Development Center. – 1966
A SEPARATE LANGUAGE MANUAL FOR THE NEBRASKA ELEMENTARY ENGLISH CURRICULUM SUPPLEMENTS THE LANGUAGE-EXPLORATION SECTIONS OF THE UNITS IN GRADES ONE THROUGH SIX. THIS RESOURCE MANUAL PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN LANGUAGE STUDY AND DESCRIBES ITS APPLICATION TO THE LANGUAGE LEARNING LEVELS OF CHILDREN. BY THE TIME CHILDREN ENTER JUNIOR HIGH…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Dialects, Elementary Education, English Instruction
COLETTE, SISTER M. – 1964
THIS SIXTH VOLUME OF RESEARCH ABSTRACTS PRESENTS REPORTS OF 35 RESEARCH STUDIES COMPLETED BY CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S DEGREE AT THE CARDINAL STRITCH COLLEGE IN 1964. TWENTY-NINE STUDIES ARE CONCERNED WITH READING, AND SIX ARE CONCERNED WITH THE EDUCATION OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED. OF THE READING STUDIES, FIVE PERTAIN TO THE JUNIOR HIGH LEVEL…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, History Instruction, Junior High Schools, Language Acquisition
Lewis, E. Glyn – 1980
The state of the art of bilingual education in the Soviet Union is surveyed. The social context of Soviet bilingualism is discussed with reference to sources of heterogeneity, modernization as a motivating factor, political dimensions, and Soviet bases of research. The sociolinguistic paradigm of Soviet society is viewed as a function of the need…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Comparative Education, Educational Philosophy
Saville-Troike, Muriel; McCreedy, Lynn A. – 1980
Interviews with 108 Navajo children from bilingual first grade classes on Navajo reservations were recorded. Analysis of the interviews focused on phonological, grammatical, and lexical features that show a systematic variation within the speech of individuals or between individuals. Variable features were compared with background factors such as…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Background, Bilingualism
Opalka, Sandra H.; And Others – 1980
Representative of the 30 units comprising first grade Yup'ik lessons, units on clothing, animal families, dog teams, and potlatch (generally a celebration for the dead) are detailed in these lesson plans. Each of the four units is prefaced by a statement of concept/recall objectives, Ak'A Piyarat concept objectives (cultural aspects), and skills…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Audiolingual Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Chesterfield, Ray; And Others – 1979
The purpose of this part of the multimethod Head Start bilingual/bicultural curriculum evaluation (Juarez and Associates, 1979), is to present the results of a pilot test of a battery of instruments to be used in assessing the effectiveness of four early childhood bilingual/bicultural curriculum models. The instruments pilot tested were the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Curriculum Evaluation
Donahue, Mavis L. – 1978
Most studies of language acquisition overlook the fact that a child learns language in the context of acquiring the social skill of conversing known as "turn-taking." The few studies of verbal turn-taking in children suggest that prosodic features (suprasegmentals) and turn-taking skills are integrated by the age of two years, nine months, and…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, Intellectual Development
