Teachers often perceive an inherent conflict between "differentiated instruction," which emphasizes attention to variance in students' readiness levels, interests, and learning profiles, and "the grading system," which seems to indicate a sort of…
Papers in Linguistics
Miscellaneous papers in Linguistics, A
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We tested the hypothesis that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within genes of the NF-κB pathway are associated with altered clinical outcome of septic shock patients. We genotyped 59 SNPs in the NF-κB pathway in a discovery cohort of septic…
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The conceptual ability to source, combine, and store substances that enhance technology or social practices represents a benchmark in the evolution of complex human cognition. Excavations in 2008 at Blombos Cave, South Africa, revealed a processing…
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The present investigation is a follow-up to a longitudinal study involving approximately 400 normally developing children begun in 1960. From this large database, two groups of subjects (now aged 32-34) were asked to participate in the present…
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The present investigation is a follow-up to a longitudinal speech and academic study involving approximately 400 normally developing children begun in 1960 by Mildred Templin. From this large data base, the present project invited the participation…
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The weather forecast says that there is a "30% chance of rain," and we think we understand what it means. This quantitative statement is assumed to be unambiguous and to convey more information than does a qualitative statement like "It might rain…
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This report describes the longitudinal changes that took place in the average fundamental frequencies (fo) of 25 boys and girls over a 3-year period (means age range = 8:2-11:2). Results showed that developmental changes in the central tendency of…
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Computer techniques readily extract from the brainwaves an orderly sequence of brain potentials locked in time to sound stimuli. The potentials that appear 8 to 80 msec after the stimulus resemble 3 or 4 cycles of a 40-Hz sine wave; we show here…
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After a life-threatening complication of an injection for neck pain several years ago, Ms W experienced a wrong-site surgery to remove a squamous cell lesion from her nose, followed by pain, distress, and shaken trust in clinicians. Her experience…
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The Life Needs Model (LNM) of service delivery emphasizes the importance of community participation in children's development and quality of life. This article is a case illustration of two community partnership programs based on the LNM. StoryTime…
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Interventions that focus on implementing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies and methods have been available to children in need of AAC and their families for at least 30 years. To date, most of the research that has…
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This paper highlights several issues related to the concept of efficacy, particularly with respect to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) outcomes for children and youths with severe disabilities. The author recounts examples of his…
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This paper describes multimodality augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies developed for two people with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) without dementia. One case focused primarily on an initial assessment while the other case…
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Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technologies offer the potential to provide children who have complex communication needs with access to the magic and power of communication. This paper is intended to (a) summarize the research…
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In this paper we review published research describing the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to support societal participation by adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities who require AAC. We focus on three major…
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The specific purposes of this article were (a) to study the computer technology interest levels, achievement goal orientation, self-efficacy, and learning mode preferences regarding AAC technology in AAC team members; and (b) to study the…
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Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services for people with complex communication needs in New Zealand were investigated by surveying speech-language therapists. Two separate survey forms were developed and mailed to speech-language…
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