Design, implementation and evaluation of the Language Experiences Advancement Program : ameliorating language delays in kindergarten
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Gail Laubscher Summer (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- D. Michelle Irwin
Abstract: The purpose of this evaluation study was to assess the progress in grades kindergarten, one, and two, of children who were referred in the kindergarten year for a special amelioration program for language delays. Achievement measures that were evaluated included: retentions, special placements, and standardized test scores which were part of the district testing policy. Ninety-nine children comprised the sample. The sample consisted of three cohorts: Cohort 1 had completed second grade, Cohort 2 had completed first grade, and Cohort 3 had completed kindergarten. Each cohort consisted of two groups: a comparison group (nonparticipants) and a treatment group (participants). T-tests on relative language delay revealed a significant initial difference between the treatment and comparison groups, with the treatment group's delay more severe. Two factor ANCOVAs, factoring for group and cohort; and one factor ANCOVAs, factoring for group after each cohort had been selected out, revealed no significant differences between the treatment and comparison groups on any of the achievement measures.
Design, implementation and evaluation of the Language Experiences Advancement Program : ameliorating language delays in kindergarten
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1988
- Subjects
- Language and languages $x Ability testing
- Language arts $x Remedial teaching
- Language disorders in children