Twenty language-disordered and 20 nonimpaired children, aged 9-11, performed story generation and story retelling tasks. For both groups, retold narratives were longer and contained more story grammar components and complete episode structures. Clause length differentiated story generation from story retelling for the language-disordered children…

Ten fourth grade language-learning-disabled children and 10 normal peers were shown a movie and subsequently asked to tell the story. Language-disabled subjects told less complex stories. It is concluded that normal subjects used a greater number of story grammar components within each narrative and remembered more aspects of the previously…

The influence of different media on the interpretations of stories was examined in 2 studies involving 2 fifth graders and 83 fifth grade high and low achievers. Results with print media and video media suggest that the interpretive process may be similar across different media presentations. (SLD)