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2011-01-13

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...

2011-07-07

Abraham, Sandia, Shaw, Kendra

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...

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...

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)...