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The Implementation And Effective Use Of Graphic Organizers In The Classroom: Graphic Organizers To The Rescue, Fabienne Sara Nicholas
The Implementation And Effective Use Of Graphic Organizers In The Classroom: Graphic Organizers To The Rescue, Fabienne Sara Nicholas
LC Journal of Special Education
Many students are faced with the daily routines and demands of reading complex, ambiguous, de-motivating text book materials which pose no significance to them, and in many situations, they are unable to derive meaning or make sense of what they have read. One of the many unfortunate circumstances that students with learning disabilities have to face daily include challenging tasks, which are comprised of: texts not being reader-friendly, text materials written above their reading and comprehension level, text which focuses on skills instruction in isolation, and, text which requires higher-level thinking and reasoning. This sometimes leads to frustration. Students with …
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The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship
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What Do You Meme? Meme Humor Comprehension In Adolescents With Language Disorder Or Hearing Loss, Lindsey Buxbaum Ms, Ccc-Slp, Holly F. Pedersen Ed.D., Cheryl Gilson Ph.D., Ccc-Slp, Lesley Magnus Ph.D., Ccc-Slp
What Do You Meme? Meme Humor Comprehension In Adolescents With Language Disorder Or Hearing Loss, Lindsey Buxbaum Ms, Ccc-Slp, Holly F. Pedersen Ed.D., Cheryl Gilson Ph.D., Ccc-Slp, Lesley Magnus Ph.D., Ccc-Slp
The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship
Easy access to the internet allows adolescents to share humor, such as memes, via social media. This quasi-experimental study investigated whether there was a difference in the number of memes comprehended on an assessment test among adolescents who were typically developing, adolescents who were deaf or hard of hearing, and adolescents with language disorders. It also sought to determine if the meme’s picture, whether related to the text or unrelated, contributed to adolescents’ comprehension. Participants were given a short reading screening and a multiple-choice test of meme comprehension. Adolescents who were typically developing out-performed adolescents who were deaf or hard …