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Typically developing 4-year-old children with AAC systems using different language organization techniques
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2008.
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| author2 | Uys, C.J.E. (Catharina Jacoba Elizabeth) |
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26999 Typically developing 4-year-old children with AAC systems using different language organization techniques Uys, C.J.E. (Catharina Jacoba Elizabeth) Alant, Erna strauss_ilse@yahoo.com Strauss, Ilse Schematic grid organization Language organization Learning demands Taxonomic grid organization Slot-filler categories UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2008. The learning demands placed on young children by current language organization techniques used to organize language concepts in AAC systems, are high. This influences the ease of learning and the accuracy with which AAC users use their AAC systems. It is therefore important to investigate the way in which children relate to different language organization techniques to better understand the learning demands placed on them in using these techniques. The aim of this study was to investigate the difference between two groups of 4-year old children’s accuracy levels when locating vocabulary in AAC technologies. The study is a replication of a part of the study conducted by Light, Drager, McCarthy, Mellot, Millar, Parrish, Parsons, Roads, Ward and Welliver (2004). Each group of subjects was assigned a specific language organization technique, i.e. schematic and taxonomic grid organization. The children had to locate vocabulary on a dynamic display system, i.e. the Dynamo. This study considered the language organization technique that best reflects the child’s developmental level. Sixteen subjects, 8 in each group, participated in 4 learning and testing sessions and 1 generalization session. The results revealed that there was no difference in the performance of the children in the two groups. This was in accordance with Light et al.’s (2004) results who also observed no difference in the 4-year-old’s performance with the schematic and taxonomic organization techniques. These results were in contrast with the literature on young children’s semantic organization, which illustrates that preschool children tend to use schematic organizations and begin to use taxonomic organizations once they reach school-age. Recommendations for future research are provided. Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) unrestricted 2013-09-07T09:47:30Z 2008-08-08 2013-09-07T09:47:30Z 2007-09-05 2008-08-08 2008-08-04 Dissertation a 2007 E1023 /gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26999 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08042008-174658/ © University of Pretoria 2007 E1023 / application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Schematic grid organization Language organization Learning demands Taxonomic grid organization Slot-filler categories UCTD Typically developing 4-year-old children with AAC systems using different language organization techniques |
| title | Typically developing 4-year-old children with AAC systems using different language organization techniques |
| title_full | Typically developing 4-year-old children with AAC systems using different language organization techniques |
| title_fullStr | Typically developing 4-year-old children with AAC systems using different language organization techniques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Typically developing 4-year-old children with AAC systems using different language organization techniques |
| title_short | Typically developing 4-year-old children with AAC systems using different language organization techniques |
| title_sort | typically developing 4 year old children with aac systems using different language organization techniques |
| topic | Schematic grid organization Language organization Learning demands Taxonomic grid organization Slot-filler categories UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26999 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08042008-174658/ |