The Implications of Linguistic Performance for Educational Placement of Entering First Graders

The Implications of Linguistic Performance for Educational Placement of Entering First Graders [electronic resource] / Sue T. Hale and Judy West.

The paper reports a pilot study of 280 entering first grade students to try to identify potential handicaps, giftedness, or other special needs. During the preregistration program Ss were given measures of visual acuity, auditory acuity, and language functioning. Language test data allowed the ident...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Hale, Sue T.
Other Authors: West, Judy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1981.
Subjects:
Dialects.
Disabilities.
Gifted.
Grade 1.
Handicap Identification.
Language Proficiency.
Primary Education.
Screening Tests.
Student Placement.
Talent Identification.
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Summary:The paper reports a pilot study of 280 entering first grade students to try to identify potential handicaps, giftedness, or other special needs. During the preregistration program Ss were given measures of visual acuity, auditory acuity, and language functioning. Language test data allowed the identification of six profile types for further evaluation: speech/language impaired, learning disabled, mentally retarded, children with dialectal variations, intellectually gifted, and normal. (DB)
Item Description:ERIC Document Number: ED213195.
ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Southern Speech Communication Association Conference (Austin, TX, April 7-10, 1981).
Educational level discussed: Grade 1.
Educational level discussed: Primary Education.
Physical Description:8 p.

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