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Roch, Maja; Florit, Elena; Levorato, Chiara – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Deriving the meaning of unknown words from context and its relationship to text comprehension was investigated in 24 individuals with Down syndrome and in 24 typically developing children matched for the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) score. The study consisted of three phases. Unknown words were identified during the first phase (PPVT).…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Semantics, Down Syndrome, Vocabulary Development
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Fidler, Deborah J.; Most, David E.; Guiberson, Mark M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
In order to better understand the neuropsychological underpinnings of the relative strength in word identification in individuals with Down syndrome, the performance of children and adolescents with Down syndrome (N=29) was compared to the performance of a nonverbal-IQ matched group of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Adolescents, Visual Perception, Short Term Memory