Comprehension of Proverbs by Average Children and Children with Learning Disorders.

Lutzer, Victoria D.

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ERIC Number: EJ367463

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Comprehension of Proverbs by Average Children and Children with Learning Disorders.

Lutzer, Victoria D.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, v21 n2 p104-08 Feb 1988

Learning-disabled and average learners (N=52) in grades 2, 4, and 6 were asked to tell the meanings of 12 proverbs. Only at the sixth grade level was a moderately significant difference in metaphoric comprehension found. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Metaphors, Proverbs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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