Language Comprehension Testing

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No AccessLanguage, Speech, and Hearing Services in SchoolsResearch Article1 Apr 1981Language Comprehension TestingThe Influence of Three Modes of Test Administration and Cognitive Tempo on the Performance of Preschool Children William O. Haynes, and Mary Beth McCallion William O. Haynes Google Scholar More articles by this author and Mary Beth McCallion Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.1044/0161-1461.1202.74 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Language comprehension performance on the Test of Auditory Comprehension of Language (TACL) was investigated using three modes of test administration with 24 four-year-old children representing various categories of cognitive tempo. The test administration modes consisted of a standard TACL administration, an imitative administration, and a two-auditory stimulus administration. The subjects were placed in three groups. There were two experimental groups based on a cognitive tempo index (reflective and impulsive) and one control group. Each subject's expressive language ability was also analyzed using the Developmental Sentence Score (DSS). Results indicated that all subjects had similar expressive language abilities. The reflective children, however, scored significantly better than the other groups on the three TACL administrations. Also, all three groups scored significantly higher on both modified versions of the TACL than on the standard administration. Implications of these results for language comprehension testing are discussed. It is suggested that speech-language pathologists/researchers reevaluate the constructs on which current comprehension testing is based and investigate the effects of altered administration modes on both normal-language and language-disordered populations. Additional Resources FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 12Issue 2April 1981Pages: 74-81 Get Permissions Add to your Mendeley library HistoryReceived: Feb 19, 1980Accepted: Jul 16, 1980 Published in issue: Apr 1, 1981 Metrics Topicsasha-topicsasha-article-typesCopyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1981 American Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationPDF downloadLoading ...