Relation between Receptive Language and Cognitive Maturity in Persons with Mental Retardation.

Abbeduto, Leonard; Nuccio, Jill Bibler

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ERIC Number: EJ434534

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Relation between Receptive Language and Cognitive Maturity in Persons with Mental Retardation.

Abbeduto, Leonard; Nuccio, Jill Bibler

American Journal on Mental Retardation, v96 n2 p143-49 Sep 1991

Twenty individuals (ages 8-18) with mental retardation and 20 controls matched for nonverbal mental age were assessed on receptive language level and nonverbal cognitive functioning. Results indicate that the nondisabled group placed less emphasis on the formal, sequential properties of language and more on semantic, conceptual properties. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Skills, Maturity (Individuals), Mental Retardation, Nonverbal Ability, Receptive Language, Semantics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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