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Production of Narratives by At-Risk American Indian Children in the Midwest
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McConnell, Grace E.; Loeb, Diane – Topics in Language Disorders, 2021
The narratives of two groups of 28 American Indian children attending a Midwestern Bureau of Indian Affairs school (16 with a mean age of 5;10 years, and 12 with a mean age of 7;8 years) were examined in three contexts: retell, fictional with sequence pictures, and fictional with one picture. The narratives were examined in terms of microstructure…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, At Risk Students, Story Telling, Fiction
Examining the Effects of Multitiered Oral Narrative Language Instruction on Reading Comprehension and Writing: A Feasibility Study
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Petersen, Douglas B.; Mesquita, Meredith W.; Spencer, Trina D.; Waldron, Jessica – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
This early-stage feasibility study investigated the effects of a multitiered oral narrative language intervention on oral language, reading comprehension, and writing. Twenty-eight second-grade students participated in this quasi-experimental control group study with assignment at the classroom level. The independent variable was large- and…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Reading Comprehension, Pretests Posttests, Phrase Structure
Narrative Analysis: Clinical Procedures.
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Hedberg, Natalie L.; Stoel-Gammon, Carol – Topics in Language Disorders, 1986
Strategies for gathering narratives from children are described. Two analysis approaches (narrative level and story grammar) are recommended for discriminating between the narratives of normal and handicapped students at various ages. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Disabilities, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
The Development of Fictional Narrative Performances.
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Sutton-Smith, Brian – Topics in Language Disorders, 1986
Using an anthropological approach to folklore, the article views children's development of fictional narratives as performances that accentuate prosody. When viewed as performance, the meaning of stories is seen to be not just in the underlying structures, but also in the social and cultural contexts of the story. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Influences, Folk Culture, Narration
Children's Expression of Causality and Their Construction of Narratives.
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Kemper, Susan; Edwards, Linda L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1986
The article explores the development of children's understanding of causality, its effect on narrative development and organization; and the development of intentional, goal directed behavior. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Child Development, Concept Formation, Etiology
Enhancing the Written Narrative Skills of an AAC Student with Autism: Evidence-Based Research Issues.
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Bedrosian, Jan; Lasker, Joanne; Speidel, Kristina; Politsch, Andrea – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
This article describes an intervention study designed to enhance the skills needed in the planning and writing of stories by an adolescent with autism who was using augmentative and alternative communication and working with a typical peer. Overall, the student's postintervention story was dramatically improved over his preintervention story.…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Cooperative Learning, Creative Writing
Getting the Point: A Narrative Journey into the Athabaskan Culture.
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Silliman, Elaine R.; And Others – Topics in Language Disorders, 1995
An Athabaskan narrative, told by a village storyteller to two native students (one with language-learning disability and mild hearing loss) was studied. Analysis of prosodic and structural patterns revealed a spatially rather than temporally organized narrative. The assessment method was felt to be sensitive to interfaces between cultural…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Athapascan Languages, Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis