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Xiaoyi Hu; Kezheng Qu; Gabrielle T. Lee; Nicole Luke; Chongying Wang – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Metaphors are frequently used in daily life. Many children on the autism spectrum have difficulties in comprehending and generating metaphors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an equivalence-based instruction (EBI) procedure aimed at improving comprehension and expression of emotions in metaphors. Four Chinese boys on the spectrum…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Self Expression
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Hoff, E.; Tian, C. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2005
Two studies track connections from the distal variables of socioeconomic status (SES) and culture to properties of the interactions children experience and to the rate of children's language development. The first study is an investigation of the relations among family SES, properties of maternal child-directed speech, and child vocabulary growth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Investigations, Cultural Influences