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ERIC Number: EJ307290
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Metalinguistic Awareness in Monolingual and Bilingual Mildly Retarded Children.
Rueda, Robert
NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v8 n1 p55-67 Fall 1983
Evaluates metalinguistic awareness and cognitive functioning of 23 bilingual and 23 monolingual mildly retarded students. Results indicate bilingual subjects did not outperform monolingual subjects on neo-Piagetian measure of conservation, although there were differences on metalinguistic tasks. Discusses results in relation to current theories of language and cognition in bilingual children. (NEC)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Mild Mental Retardation, Spanish Speaking
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Metalinguistic Awareness; Monolingual Students