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Analysis of Humor Skills among Elementary School Students: Comparisons of Children with and without Intellectual Handicaps.
Short, Elizabeth J.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
Differences in comprehension, production, and appreciation of humor were explored among a total of 47 second and fourth graders, of whom 26 fourth graders had learning disabilities or developmental handicaps. Although children without disabilities comprehended cartoons better, no production differences were observed. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cartoons, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension
Children's Comprehension Problems in Oral and Written Language: A Cognitive Perspective. Challenges in Language and Literacy
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Cain, Kate, Ed.; Oakhill, Jane, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
Comprehension is the ultimate aim of reading and listening. How do children develop the ability to comprehend written and spoken language, and what can be done to help those who are having difficulties? This book presents cutting-edge research on comprehension problems experienced by children without any formal diagnosis as well as those with…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Written Language, Comprehension, Speech Impairments
Adolescents' Perceptions of Young People with Severe Learning Difficulties: The Effects of Integration Schemes and Frequency of Contact.
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Hastings, Richard P.; Graham, Sarah – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1995
Maintains that educational integration assumes that heterogeneous grouping will increase the extent to which the learning disabled are accepted by peers. Reports on a study of 128 adolescents in integrated and nonintegrated schools. Finds that the frequency of contacts, not the type of school attended, led to more positive expectations. (CFR)
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Expectation, Foreign Countries, Heterogeneous Grouping
Early Prevention of School Failure.
Anderson, Kent C. – 1985
The Early Prevention of School Failure (EPSF) program developed by Dr. Luceille Werner is presented. The program is designed to identify and remediate developmental deficiencies of four-, five-, and six-year-old children and has been accepted in the National Diffusion Network as a nationally validated program. The main program components are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Curriculum Guides, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Change
School-Related Stress: Children with and without Disabilities.
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Helms, Barbara J. – 1996
This study examined school-related stress in children with and without disabilities, specifically the sources and manifestations of such stress and whether children with disabilities experience greater degrees of school-related stress than children without disabilities. The nondisabled group comprised 7,200 grade 4-12 students from urban and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Developmental Disabilities
Handbook of Special Education
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Kauffman, James M., Ed.; Hallahan, Daniel P., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Special education is now an established part of public education in the United States--by law and by custom. However, it is still widely misunderstood and continues to be dogged by controversies related to such things as categorization, grouping, assessment, placement, funding, instruction, and a variety of legal issues. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational History, Educational Research, Research Design