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Professors' Perceptions and Evaluations of Students Who Do and Do Not Stutter Following Oral Presentations
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Werle, Danielle; Byrd, Courtney T. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptual ratings and performance evaluations of students who do and do not stutter by professors who require oral presentations. Additionally, this study sought to investigate the influence of behaviors related to communication competence on perceptual and evaluative ratings. Method: One…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Stuttering
Cognitive Task Demands and Discourse Performance after Traumatic Brain Injury
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Byom, Lindsey; Turkstra, Lyn S. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2017
Background: Social communication problems are common in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly problems in spoken discourse. Social communication problems are thought to reflect underlying cognitive impairments. Aims: To measure the contribution of two cognitive processes, executive functioning (EF) and theory of mind (ToM), to the…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Brain, Adults, Cognitive Processes
The Autism Mental Status Exam: Sensitivity and Specificity Using DSM-5 Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Verbally Fluent Adults
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Grodberg, David; Weinger, Paige M.; Halpern, Danielle; Parides, Michael; Kolevzon, Alexander; Buxbaum, Joseph D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
The phenotypic heterogeneity of adults suspected of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) requires a standardized diagnostic approach that is feasible in all clinical settings. The autism mental status exam (AMSE) is an eight-item observational assessment that structures the observation and documentation of social, communicative and behavioral signs and…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Adults, Verbal Ability
Wiki and Digital Video Use in Strategic Interaction-Based Experiential EFL Learning
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Dehaan, Jonathan; Johnson, Neil H.; Yoshimura, Noriko; Kondo, Takako – CALICO Journal, 2012
This paper details the use of a free and access-controlled wiki as the learning management system for a four-week teaching module designed to improve the oral communication skills of Japanese university EFL students. Students engaged in repeated experiential learning cycles of planning, doing, observing, and evaluating their performance of a role…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Speech Communication
Relationships of English Grammar and Communicative Fluency to Reading in Deaf Adolescents.
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Moores, Donald F.; Sweet, Catherine – Exceptionality, 1990
Two groups (N=65 each) of congenitally deaf teenagers divided according to hearing/deaf parents were assessed for three measures of communicative fluency and two measures of English grammar/structure. High correlations were found between reading and the English grammar measures. Fluency in American Sign Language was not correlated with reading for…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Congenital Impairments
Nursery School Project.
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Gothenburg School of Education (Sweden). – 1971
The original objective of the nursery school was that acting in cooperation with the home, it should develop children motorically, intellectually, emotionally, and socially. A comparison of objectives with effects reveals many to be non-existent. A 1966 study of nursery school effects on child development revealed the following breakdown: (1)…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation