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Syntactic Abilities and Verbal Memory in Monolingual and Bilingual Children with High Functioning Autism (HFA)
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Meir, Natalia; Novogrodsky, Rama – First Language, 2020
The aim of the current study was two-fold. First, it evaluated the influence of bilingualism on syntactic abilities and verbal memory of children with High Functioning Autism (HFA). Second, it explored the relationship between syntactic abilities and verbal memory of children with HFA and typical language development (TLD). Eighty-six monolingual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Syntax, Language Skills, Verbal Ability
Modifiability in Emotional Understanding among Children with Learning Disabilities
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Tzuriel, David; Schorr-Edelsztein, Hani; Bauminger-Zvieli, Nirit – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2018
Children with specific learning disabilities (SLD) exhibit specific difficulties in high-order components of emotional understanding that involve language (e.g., recognition of complex emotions from situations), or defining emotions and providing examples. The objectives of the current study were to study (a) modifiability of emotional…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Emotional Response, Language Skills, Intervention
Learning Standards in a Non-Standard System: Mapping Student Knowledge and Comprehension in Ultra-Orthodox Talmud Torah Schools
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Iluz, Shira; Katz, Yaacov J.; Stern, Hindy – Journal of Religious Education, 2018
The Jewish ultra-orthodox (Haredi) Talmud Torah schools have been consistently resistant to the process of standardization in content, measurement, and evaluation, in contrast to the Israeli state education system which has progressed steadily in these areas. Talmud Torah schools are private elementary schools for ultra-orthodox boys. Studies are…
Descriptors: Judaism, Academic Standards, Elementary Schools, Private Schools
Social Information Processing among Children with ASD, SLD, and Typical Development: The Mediational Role of Language Capacities
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Bauminger-Zviely, Nirit; Alon, Mor; Brill, Alit; Schorr-Edelsztein, Hani; David, Tzuriel; Tubul, Gila; Al-Yagon, Michal – Journal of Special Education, 2019
The present study examined the role of language capacities in explaining differences in social information processing (SIP) among three school-age groups: high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD, IQ > 75), children with specific learning disorder (SLD), and children with typical development (TD). Participants were 96 boys…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Cognitive Processes
Book Reading Mediation, SES, Home Literacy Environment, and Children's Literacy: Evidence from Arabic-Speaking Families
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Korat, Ofra; Arafat, Safieh H.; Aram, Dorit; Klein, Pnina – First Language, 2013
This article investigates the contribution of maternal mediation in storybook reading, socioeconomic status (SES), and home literacy environment (HLE) to children's literacy level in kindergarten and first grade in Israeli Arabic-speaking families. A total of 109 kindergarten children and their mothers participated. Children's literacy level was…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Literacy, Kindergarten, Video Technology
Listening Comprehension--A Neglected Art
Whiteson, Valerie – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1975
Emphasizes the necessity of teaching listening comprehension along with written language skills in English as a second language. (Available from English Inspectorate, Ministry of Education and Culture, P. O. Box 292, Jerusalem, Israel.) (CHK)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Skills, Listening Comprehension