Understanding Conservation Delays in Children With Specific Language Impairment: Task Representations Revealed in Speech and Gesture.

Purpose: The authors investigated mental representations of Piagetian conservation tasks in children with specific language impairment (SLI) and typically developing peers. Children with SLI have normal nonverbal intelligence; however, they exhibit difficulties in Piagetian conservation tasks. The a...

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Published in:	Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 1267 - 1280
Main Authors:	Mainela-Arnold, Elina, Evans, Julia L., Alibali, Martha W.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association December 2006
Subjects:	Verbal behavior Gesture Children with learning disabilities Children's language Specific language impairment in children
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