NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ebert, Kerry Danahy; Rentmeester-Disher, Jill; Kohnert, Kathryn – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2012
Substantial evidence points to the presence of subtle weaknesses in the nonlinguistic cognitive processing skills of children with primary (or specific) language impairment (PLI). It is possible that these weaknesses contribute to the language learning difficulties that characterize PLI, and that treating them can improve language skills. To test…
Descriptors: Evidence, Learning Problems, Language Impairments, Attention
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Titus, Jeffrey B.; Thio, Liu Lin – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders in children, and it has been associated with an increased risk of cognitive, psychiatric, and learning problems. Although side effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have been long studied in adults, an understanding of how they manifest in children is only beginning to emerge. Careful…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Epilepsy, Drug Therapy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Everatt, John; Weeks, Sally; Brooks, Peter – Dyslexia, 2008
A total of 83 children with different special educational needs (SEN) assessments were contrasted with a control group (N = 40) without special needs on measures that aimed to identify potential areas of strengths as well as weaknesses in these SEN groups. Carefully selected groups of dyslexics, dyspraxics, children with specific language…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Bartoli, Jill Sunday – Language Arts, 1985
Discusses research with children with learning problems to discover, through their narratives, in what ways they were disabled and what ways they were competent with language and to test the narrative mind theory to see if their stories could be interpretive metaphors for their lives. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Educational Theories
Omaggio, Alice; Birckbichler, Diane – 1977
This paper offers a way to adapt foreign language instruction to individual learner needs and difficulties. The approach consists of two parts: (1) various sources of learner problems are identified and discussed briefly; and (2) over 50 remedial classroom activities are presented and described. These activities are designed to treat specific…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes, Diagnostic Teaching