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Abdelhameed, Hala; Porter, Jill – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2010
Research has shown that verbal short-term memory span is shorter in individuals with Down syndrome than in typically developing individuals of equivalent mental age, but little attention has been given to variations within or across groups. Differences in the environment and in particular educational experiences may play a part in the relative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Down Syndrome, Disabilities, Short Term Memory
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Joffe, Victoria; Varlokosta, Spyridoula – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2007
This study investigates the syntactic abilities of ten individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) (mean chronological age: 8;9 years; mean mental age: 4;8 years) and Down's syndrome (DS) (mean chronological age: 8;7 years; mean mental age: 4;6 years), matched individually on chronological age, mental age and performance IQ. The syntactic components…
Descriptors: Grammar, Developmental Stages, Sentences, Mental Age