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Reliability of On-Line Scoring of Story Grammar Elements of the Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument
Reliability of On-Line Scoring of Story Grammar Elements of the Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument
Download2011-01-13
Savard, Danielle, McLean, Katie, Schneider, Phyllis, Hillier, Alexis
This study aimed to determine the reliability of scoring the story grammar portion of the Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument (ENNI; Schneider, Dubé, & Howard, 2005) directly from audio recordings. The authors hypothesized that if the stories could be scored for story grammar elements from audio...
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Reliability of Online Scoring of First Mentions in the Edmonton Narrative Normative Instrument
Reliability of Online Scoring of First Mentions in the Edmonton Narrative Normative Instrument
Download2011-07-07
When a story is told, referring expressions are used to introduce referents (characters and objects). This must be done so that the listener clearly understands that the character or object is new to the story (Schneider & Hayward, 2010). The ability to use referents correctly, according to the...
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Comparing the Children’s Communication Checklist to Standardized Tests: Results from School-age Children Adopted from Haiti
Download2012-01-31
Although research into the language development of children who were internationally adopted is growing, the body of work continues to show mixed results. Part of the difficulty of determining if children who were adopted internationally are at risk for having a language delay is establishing the...
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2012-08-31
Schneider, Phyllis, Hedley, Kristen, Skoczylas, Melissa
Both academically and socially, the school context is a very language intensive environment. These language demands are amplified for students with language impairments. “Inclusion” is a growing force driving recent educational theory and policy. If students with language deficits are not...
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2012-03-08
DeBeyer, Michaela, Anderson, Sarah, Servant, Tamaira, Willerton, Kristin, Marcinkow, Alissa, Scheffers, Sarah
Storytelling tasks are commonly used to assess language in a functional context. However, the quality of children's stories can vary depending on how stories are elicited. Research (Pearce, 2003; Schneider & Dubé, 2005) has shown differences in children’s narratives when retelling stories from...
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“There’s an app for that”: Clinician perspectives on the iPad as an intervention tool for children
Download2012-06-25
Conley, Robyn, O'Brien, Colleen, Hanson, Karly, Fournier, Angèle
Technology use in assessment and intervention in speech-language pathology is an area of rapid growth. Decisions about what type of device to use should be evidence based and take into account best practice principles (BPPs) within speech-language pathology. This study explored the benefits and...
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2012-08-31
Skoczylas, Melissa, Schneider, Phyllis, Hedley, Kristen
Both academically and socially, the school context is a very language intensive environment. These language demands are amplified for students with language impairments. “Inclusion” is a growing force driving recent educational theory and policy. If students with language deficits are not...
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2013-06-27
Williamson, Robert, Fung, Jennifer, Annable, Caitlin
There are currently no studies that examine the types of phonemic awareness errors children are making on tests of phonemic awareness. This study aimed to: (a) develop a taxonomy to categorize the different types of errors made on a test of phoneme segmentation by grade one children, (b)...
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Children's Expression of Emotional and Cognitive Mental States in their Story Generation from Pictures
Download2014-05-05
Ortlieb, Andrea, Babar, Aseea, Baird, Shelby, Lang, Bretton
Background: The term mental state can be used to describe a person’s emotional or cognitive condition (i.e. feelings, thoughts, or perceptions). Narratives provide an important context for the use of mental state words, since stories in Western culture frequently describe characters’ thoughts...
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2015-06-30
Sanders, Kaitlin, Borger, Paige, Charest, Monique, Schneider, Phyllis, McFarlane, Lu-Anne, Yip, Beatrice
BACKGROUND INFORMATION There is compelling evidence that, for the majority of children with specific language impairment (SLI), language difficulties are longstanding. Other research, however, has reported that a high proportion of affected preschool-age children recover by about kindergarten...