Stability of Cohesion in the Spoken Narratives of Language-Impaired and Normally Developing School-Aged Children

1991 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol J. Strong ◽  
James P. Shaver
Keyword(s):  
Short Term ◽  
Language Impaired ◽  
Term Stability ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Normal Language ◽  
Reliability Coefficients

The short-term stability of the cohesion scores for the spoken narratives of language-impaired and normally developing school-aged children was investigated. Narratives were obtained from 39 language-impaired and 39 normal-language children, aged 8–10 years, at four 2-week intervals. Reliability coefficients for scores from five measures—two for cohesive adequacy and three for verbal productivity—were of adequate magnitude for analysis. Mean cohesive adequacy scores were stable across narratives, but stability coefficients were only moderately large. Stability coefficients for verbal productivity scores were sufficiently large for research purposes; mean scores were most similar between testing Times 2 and 3, indicating that stability increased after children had experience telling stories.

Internal Consistency of the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test

1975 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Ratusnik ◽  
Roy A. Koenigsknecht
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Language Impaired ◽  
Normal Intelligence ◽  
Mental Age ◽  
Normal Language ◽  
Mentally Retarded Children ◽  
Reliability Coefficients

This study was designed to evaluate the usefulness of the 40 receptive and 40 expressive items of the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test. Twenty preschoolers with normal language development, 20 preschoolers functioning within the range of normal intelligence diagnosed as language impaired, and 20 mentally retarded children comprised the three subject groups. The subjects were equated for mental age. Stable Hoyt’s reliability coefficients indicated that the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test assessed consistently the syntax and morphology used by children with atypical language development. Detailed item analysis revealed the strengths and weaknesses of both receptive and expressive items.

Hypothesis-Testing Abilities of Language-Impaired Children

1991 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1329-1338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Ellis Weismer
Keyword(s):  
Hypothesis Testing ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Cognitive Level ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Language Impaired ◽  
Problem Solving Strategies ◽  
Normal Language ◽  
Impaired Children

Hypothesis-testing abilities were assessed using a modification of the discrimination-learning paradigm employed by Nelson, Kamhi, and Apel (1987) that was designed to minimize the short-term memory demands of the task. Sixteen language-impaired and 16 normal-language children in kindergarten and first and second grades participated in the study. The languageimpaired children solved significantly fewer problems than normal-language controls equated on cognitive level, but the two groups used similar hypothesis types to solve the problems. Type of verbal feedback provided during the hypothesis testing task (explicit vs. nonexplicit) did not significantly affect the performance of either group. These results are interpreted as indicating that language-impaired children demonstrate inefficient use of problem-solving strategies that cannot be attributed solely to memory difficulties. Issues surrounding the investigation of language-impaired children’s cognitive abilities are discussed.

Object Transformations in the Play of Language-Impaired Children

1988 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Y. Terrell ◽  
Richard G. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Play Behavior ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Standard Group ◽  
Language Impaired ◽  
Normal Language ◽  
Mean Length Of Utterance ◽  
Impaired Children

The play behavior of 10 language-impaired children was observed. Their performances in play were compared to those of 10 normal-language children matched for chronological age as well as to those of 10 normal-language children matched for mean length of utterance. The children were observed as they played spontaneously with a standard group of toys and as they played with objects that required object transformations for successful play. The chronological age-matched normal subjects showed a trend toward performance of more object transformations in play than either the language-impaired or younger normal-language children. Additionally, although object transformations were observed in both segments, all children performed more object transformations with objects than with toys.

Comparability and Short-Term Stability of Techniques to Assess Extension of Thinking about One's Personal Future

1983 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 559-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Rakowski ◽  
Clifton E. Barber ◽  
Wayne C. Seelbach
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Term Stability ◽  
The Future ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time

Three techniques for assessing extension of one's personal future (line-marking, open-ended report, life-events) were compared in a sample of 74 respondents. Two points of data collection were employed to examine short-term stability. At both administrations, correlations among indices suggested that techniques were only moderately comparable. Short-term stabilities were variable; correlations ranged from .42 to .79. Across subgroups of the sample, the direct, open-ended report of extension showed the greatest stability, while life-event extension showed the least. Apparently, extension of thinking about the future should be assessed by more than one technique to investigate potential relationships with other variables or changes over time in perspective about the future.

Short-term stability of combined finger and toe photoplethysmogram analysis

2017 ◽  
pp. 342-345
Author(s):  
Mikko Peltokangas ◽  
Matti Huotari ◽  
Jarmo Verho ◽  
Ville M. Mattila ◽  
Juha Röning ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Short Term ◽  
Term Stability
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