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Unidentified Language Deficits in Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: A Meta-Analysis
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Hollo, Alexandra; Wehby, Joseph H.; Oliver, Regina M. – Exceptional Children, 2014
Low language proficiency and problem behavior often co-occur, yet language deficits are likely to be overlooked in children with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Random effects meta-analyses were conducted to determine prevalence and severity of the problem. Across 22 studies, participants included 1,171 children ages 5-13 with formally…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Language Proficiency, Language Impairments, Behavior Problems
Comprehension Scores of Learning Disabled High School Students on Aurally Presented Content.
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D'Alonzo, Bruno J.; Zucker, Stanley H. – Exceptional Children, 1982
No significant differences were found in comprehension among the three rates, suggesting that learning disabled students can learn as much in one-third less time (the compressed rate) than required to listen to content at the normal rate of speech. (DB)
Descriptors: Comprehension, High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Listening Comprehension
Promoting Relational Thinking: Elaborative Interrogation for Students with Mild Disabilities.
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1994
This study evaluated the effectiveness of promoting relational thinking, using "elaborative interrogation" techniques, to facilitate the content acquisition of 36 elementary school students with mild disabilities. Results indicated that students coached in relational thinking who generated their own explanations outperformed students who…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Memory
Language Comprehension in the Moderately Retarded Child
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And Others; Bartel, Nettie R. – Exceptional Children, 1973
The Carrow Auditory Test of Language Comprehension was administered to retarded trainable pupils attending public school special education classes to evaluate the appropriateness of the Carrow test for trainable retarded children, and to compare the development of linguistic comprehension in children with normal IQ's with that in trainable…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Exceptional Child Research, Language Ability, Mental Retardation
Comprehension of Statistical Terms by Special Education Students
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McLaughlin, John A.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1973
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehension, Educational Needs, Exceptional Child Research