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A Comparison of Hearing-Impaired Students in Israel, Denmark, and the United States.
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Zwiebel, Abraham; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1986
The Meadow/Kendall Social-Emotional Assessment Battery for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Students was used in a cross-national comparison of 581 students (ages 6-12) in Israel, Denmark, and the United States. Results showed marked similarity among all three groups in social adjustment, self-image, and emotional adjustment. (JW)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cross Cultural Studies, Deafness, Elementary Education
Parental Hearing Status, Reading Comprehension Skills and Social-Emotional Adjustment.
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Weisel, Amatzia – American Annals of the Deaf, 1988
Elementary school-age Israeli hearing-impaired children of two hearing-impaired parents (HIC/HIP; n=31) and of two normally hearing parents (HIC/NHP; n=93) were compared. HIC/HIP outperformed HIC/NHP in reading comprehension and teachers' ratings of emotional adjustment, self-image, and motivation for communication, and were comparable in social…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Foreign Countries
The Effect of School Entrance Age on Academic Achievement and Social-Emotional Adjustment of Children: Follow-up Study of Fourth Graders.
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Breznitz, Zvia; Teltsch, Tamar – Psychology in the Schools, 1989
Examined school entrance age effect on academic achievement and social-emotional adjustment among 137 fourth graders. Found that differences between 73 oldest and 64 youngest subjects, identified in first grade, persisted in part to fourth grade. Younger subjects scored lowest in mathematics and oral and silent reading comprehension; were slower…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Emotional Adjustment