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ERIC Number: EJ581770
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1079-3917
Comparing the Effects of Structural and Natural Language Use during Direct Instruction with Children with Mental Retardation.
Kircaali-Iftar, Gonul; Birkan, Bunyamin; Uysal, Ayten
Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v33 n4 p375-85 Dec 1998
Effects of structural and natural language use during direct instruction in teaching color and shape concepts to eight Turkish elementary children with moderate mental retardation were compared using an adapted alternating treatments design. Results indicated that natural language use was as effective or more effective than structural language use. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Communication, Color, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Mental Retardation, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Verbal Communication
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Direct Instruction; Natural Language; Shapes; Turkey