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50 Years of ERIC
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A Review of Developmental and Applied Language Research on African American Children: From a Deficit to Difference Perspective on Dialect Differences
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Stockman, Ida J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2010
Purpose: The contemporary practices of delivering speech, language, and hearing services in schools reflect palpable gains in professional sensitivity to linguistic and cultural diversity. Method: This article reviews the dominant research themes on the oral language of African American preschoolers who contribute to such diversity in the United…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Language Research, Dialects
Cross-Dialectal Perceptual Experiences of Speech-Language Pathologists in Predominantly Caucasian American School Districts
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Robinson, Gregory C.; Stockman, Ida J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2009
Purpose: This study aimed to determine if the number and type of African American English (AAE) features that are spoken in sentences influence speech-language pathologists' (SLPs') judgments of (a) how noticeable the dialect is (dialect detectability) and (b) how understandable a speaker is to others (comprehensibility). Method: Certified SLPs…
Descriptors: Sentences, Speech Language Pathology, School Districts, Whites
The Use of Conversational Repairs by African American Preschoolers
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Stockman, Ida J.; Karasinski, Laura; Guillory, Barbara – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2008
Purpose: This study aimed to describe the types and frequency of conversational repairs used by African American (AA) children in relationship to their geographic locations and levels of performance on commonly used speech-language measures. Method: The strategies used to initiate repairs and respond to repair requests were identified in…
Descriptors: African American Children, Preschool Children, Speech Communication, Interpersonal Communication
Alveolar Bias in the Final Consonant Deletion Patterns of African American Children
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Stockman, Ida J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2006
Purpose: The variable deletion of word-final consonants is a well-known feature of African American English (AAE). This study aimed to show whether African American children exhibit an alveolar bias in their deletion of final voiceless stops as has been observed for their production of final nasals. Method: The data were extracted from more than…
Descriptors: Phonetics, African American Children, Phonemes, Articulation (Speech)
The New Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III: An Illusion of Unbiased Assessment?
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Stockman, Ida J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
This article examines whether changes in the ethnic minority composition of the standardization sample for the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III (PPVT-III) can be used as the sole explanation for children's better test scores when compared to an earlier edition. Analysis suggests other factors may explain improved performance. (Contains…
Descriptors: Children, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
The Promises and Pitfalls of Language Sample Analysis as an Assessment Tool for Linguistic Minority Children.
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Stockman, Ida J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1996
This article discusses the use of language sample analysis (LSA) as a screening tool for preschool linguistic minority children due to the difficulty of using standardized tests in assessing language delays in speakers of minority dialects and languages. The use of LSA with seven African American preschoolers is examined. (CR)
Descriptors: Black Students, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods, Language Minorities
Heterogeneity as a Confounding Factor When Predicting Spontaneous Improvement of Misarticulated Consonants.
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Stockman, Ida J.; McDonald, Eugene T. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1980
Responses to the Predictive Screening Test of Articulation (PSTA) were obtained from 460 first graders with articulation problems with respect to type, number, and consistency of sounds as measured by the Screening Deep Test of Articulation. PSTA item and total score preformance varied among misarticulated subgroups. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Prediction