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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Language and learning"”.
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Memory performance in young adults with language and learning disabilities
… the memory skills of young adults with and without language and learning disabilities (LLD) using the Deese-Roediger-McDermott word recall paradigm (Roediger & McDermott, 1995). Three types of word lists were presented: semantic lists consisted of words that are related to a …
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Second language processing of wh-movement in English : the effects of first language and learning environment
… Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, 2010
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The acquisition of verbal morphology in Ayöök : child-directed speech, child language, and learning in the home
This dissertation investigates the first-language acquisition of verbal morphology in Ayöök, a polysynthetic Mixe-Zoque language of Oaxaca, Mexico. The recordings analyzed here constitute 44 hours of longitudinal, naturalistic video recorded of three children (2;10-4;7) and their adult caregivers …
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The Effectiveness of Conversational Skill Training on The Development of Communicative Competence in Children With Language and Learning Problems
… dyads comprised of two third grade and two fourth grade boys. These boys were identified as language and learning handicapped and were receiving both regular and special education instruction concurrent with speech and language therapy.
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Development of a Prototype Multimedia Environment to Support Hispanic English Language Learners' Academic Learning Through Embedded Cognitive Strategy Instruction
The number of English language learners continues to grow in United States' schools and their achievement level continues to lag behind their peers. This developmental study investigated the design and development of a multimedia environment that embedded cognitive strategy instruction to assist …
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Transforming Disability To Advantage: A Phenomenological Study Of Career Success For Dyslexics
… Phenomenological Analysis study was to understand how dyslexics’ and non-dyslexics’ perceptions about dyslexia impacted the life experiences of dyslexic individuals with successful careers. Six dyslexic participants described meaningful experiences in their lives and career success in …
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Negotiating Expertise: The Strategies Writing Program Administrators use to Mediate Disciplinary and Institutional Values
… the curriculum, budget, teaching faculty, and other aspects of writing classes for first year students as part of a university's general education curriculum. Throughout their daily tasks, the directors of these programs must work with the requirements of their institution, must build …
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Beyond Katrina, Designing A Unique Charter School In New Orleans: Community, Pedagogy, Governance, Finance, and Bureaucracy
… study documenting the process of writing and submitting a charter school application in Post-Katrina New Orleans. The focus of the study is my professional journey to this point, and the journey the charter team. The school's mission and curriculum is unique and centered on special needs …
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An investigation into the role of language in the teaching and learning of history
… of thinking about people in the past... (Husbands, 1996, p.6) The premise of the research is that learning is enhanced by explicitly teaching pupils how to use specific vocabulary and structures of language which reflect patterns of thinking related to learning history. Hence this research …
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The academic, linguistic and social development of bilingual pupils in secondary education: issues of diagnosis, pedagogy and culture
Different pedagogical and curricular approaches to bilingual pupils are examined at two institutions. At the first institution, an off-site language unit, bilingual pupils are shown to be denied access to the full range of normal classroom discourses, being denied opportunities to initiate …
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Learning ability in post-stroke aphasia : success, strategy use and implications for therapy
… impairment in the expression or comprehension of language that results from stroke, traumatic brain injury or progressive neurological disease. Approximately one million people in the United States suffer from aphasia, with the prevalence projected to increase to two million by 2020. Research has …
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The Implementation and Outcomes of One Georgia Two-way Immersion Program
… Spanish- English two-way immersion program and its effectiveness as measured by test scores. Discussions with stakeholders at one school on a classroom and school level were also used to measure its perceived effectiveness. Two-way immersion is one option for federally mandated support for …
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TURKISH TO GO: TEACHING INTELLECTUAL SKILLS ONLINE
… research-based methods for creating an e-learning resource to teach an intellectual skill. Intellectual skills are one of the five domains of learning defined by Robert M. Gagné. The intellectual skill taught via the e-learning resource is the rules of Turkish vowel harmony, a fundamental …
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Brandvägg. Ord och handling i en yrkesutbildning
Brandvägg describes how a group of firefighters, who consistently maintain that they are “practitioners and not theorists”, relate to various forms of language based knowledge and language based “knowledging” in their vocational training, which is based on problem based learning. From a …