This study investigated deaf adolescents' implicit and explicit awareness of subject-verb number agreement. In Experiment 1, a self-paced reading task, the reading times of deaf and hearing children (matched for reading and chronological age, mean=8;3 and 13;10 years) increased when sentences contained disagreeing subject-verb number markers. However, deaf adolescents' slowing occurred later in...

will find in it great stress laid on emotional aspects and the emotional development of subnormal children, and guidance on what to work for and how to interpret behaviour. Direct help based on sound lines which are fully discussed, is given on ways in which a teacher can arouse the interest of his pupils and can help them to overcome their many minor handicaps which mount up and may become sev...

Fourteen children had a permanent pacemaker implanted between May 1967 and July 1983. Postoperative complete heart block was the indication in nine cases, congenital complete heart block in three, and sick sinus syndrome in two. Two patients died, one suddenly and one after aortic valve replacement. A total of 48 pulse generators were implanted; five patients were given an isotopic pacemaker. T...

In 2 experiments we investigated the efficacy of self-paced study in multitrial learning. In Experiment 1, native speakers of English studied lists of Dutch-English word pairs under 1 of 4 imposed fixed presentation rate conditions (24 × 1 s, 12 × 2 s, 6 × 4 s, or 3 × 8 s) and a self-paced study condition. Total study time per list was equated for all conditions. We found that self-paced study ...

Designing personalized interface for reading purpose to fulfill the needs of children with reading disabilities, especially the slow learner, is not an easy task. It requires indepth knowledge of the children and their ability to read as well. Realizing that the basis for user-centered design is the knowledge of users and task, this study take an initial step by developing slow learner persona....

Children’s motor and cognitive functions develop rapidly during childhood. Physical activity executive function are intricately linked this important developmental period, with physical interventions consistently proving to benefit children’s function. However, it is less clear which type of shows the strongest associations in children. Therefore, study compared performance children aged 8 12 t...