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Steele, Sara C.; Gibbons, L. Grace – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2023
This study documented the standardized tests and informal assessment techniques that school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) reported as most helpful for identifying vocabulary deficits and for monitoring progress. Speech-language pathologists (N = 142) working in U.S. public school settings completed an online survey that included…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gillis, Randall; Nilsen, Elizabeth S. – First Language, 2014
To become successful communicators, children must be sensitive to the clarity/ambiguity of language. Significant gains in children's ability to detect communicative ambiguity occur during the early school-age years. However, little is known about the cognitive abilities that support this development. Relations between cognitive flexibility and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Preschool Children, Language Acquisition, Ambiguity (Semantics)