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ERIC Number: EJ646305
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
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Language and Memory Development in Children with Down Syndrome at Mainstream Schools and Special Schools: A Comparison.
Laws, Glynis; Byrne, Angela; Buckley, Sue
Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v20 n4 p447-57 Dec 2000
Presents a study that compared 22 children with Down syndrome in mainstream school placements matched for chronological age with 22 children attending special schools in a different Local Education Authority where mainstream placements were rare. Reports that children in mainstream placements achieved higher scores for vocabulary, grammar, and digit span measures. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Down Syndrome, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Mainstreaming, Memory, Outcomes of Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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