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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ945986
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 8
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Cooperative Groups: Engaging Elementary Students with Pragmatic Language Impairments
Stockall, Nancy
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v44 n2 p18-25 Nov-Dec 2011
In this article, the author suggests that children with language impairments have difficulty working in groups because of deficits in the area of pragmatic language. Pragmatic language skills are identified and suggestions for intervention in the general education classroom are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Language Skills, Pragmatics, Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Learner Engagement, Peer Influence, Interpersonal Communication, Observation, Direct Instruction, Feedback (Response), At Risk Students, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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