Language Sample Collection and Analysis: Interview Compared to Freeplay Assessment Contexts.

Evans, Julia L.; Craig, Holly K.

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ERIC Number: EJ447256

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Language Sample Collection and Analysis: Interview Compared to Freeplay Assessment Contexts.

Evans, Julia L.; Craig, Holly K.

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, v35 n2 p343-53 Apr 1992

Analysis of spontaneous language samples of 10 children (ages 8-9) with specific language impairments found that interviews were a reliable, valid, and efficient assessment context, eliciting the same profile of behaviors as a freeplay context without altering diagnostic classifications. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Data Collection, Discourse Analysis, Educational Diagnosis, Efficiency, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Interviews, Language Handicaps, Language Tests, Play, Sampling, Test Reliability, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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