DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE-COGNITIVE TEACHING PROGRAMS AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

Research Project

Project/Area Number	03551004
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Developmental Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Educaion
Research Institution	CHUO UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator	AMANO Kiyoshi CHUO UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE, PROFESSOR, 文学部, 教授 (00000414)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	秦野悦子川村学園女子大学, 文学部, 助教授 (50114921) OHSHIRO Eimei NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, RESEARCHER., 視覚障害教育研究部, 研究員 (80185256)
Project Period (FY)	1991 – 1993
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1993)
Budget Amount *help	¥7,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,100,000) Fiscal Year 1993: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000) Fiscal Year 1992: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000) Fiscal Year 1991: ¥3,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000)
Keywords	CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES / LD CHILDREN / LANGUAGE-COGNITIVE TEACHING PROGRAMS / A PROGRAM FOR TEACHING SYLLABIC ANALYSIS OF WORDS / SYLLABIC ANALYSIS OF WORDS / A PROGRAM FOR TEACHING, SYNTANCTICO-SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES / SYNTANCTICO-SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES / LANGUAGE TEACHING EXPERIMENT / DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES / EXPERIMENTAL DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCHES / 診断法の開発 / 文法と構文学習プログラム、
Research Abstract	(1) DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE TEACHING PROGRAMS : THE FOLLOWING FOUR KINDS OF SOFT PROGRAMS WERE CONSTRUCTED USING "HYPER CARD" OF A MACINTOSH COMPUTER. 1) A PROGRAM FOR TEACHING SYLLABIC ANALYSIS OF WORDS. 2) A PROGRAM FOR TEACHING SYNTANCTICO-SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES. 3) A PROGRAM FOR LEARNING READING WORDS AND SENTENCES IN HIRAGANA. 4) A PROGRAM FOR PRACTICE OF WORD CONSTRUCTION AND SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION. (2) A LANGUAGE TEACHING EXPERIMENT TO CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES : WE TRIED TO TEACH 6 FIRST GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES(LD) THE BASIC LANGUAGE SKILLS NEEDED FOR ACQUISITION OF READING AND WRITING BY OUR PROGRAMS FOR 2 YEARS.AS THE RESULTS, WE GOT THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS. 1) A GREAT IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR READING AND WRITING SKILLS WERE OBSERVED DURING THE TRAINING PERIOD. 2) EITHER "VIQ" OR "PIQ" OF WISC-R TEST WAS IMPROVED IN 4 CHILDREN AND BOTH IN ONE CHILDREN BY THE TRAINING. (3) DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES : 1) WE CONDUCTED EXPERIMENTAL DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCHES TWO TIMES IN ORDER TO FIND OUT CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN TWO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN KAWASAKI CITIES.AS THE RESULTS WE COULD CONFIRM THAT A SCREENING TEST WHICH WE USED IN OUR RESEARCH HOLDS HIGH VALIDITY IN DIAGNOSIS OF LD CHILDREN. 2) WE ANALYZED DATA OF A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF 20 CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED AS LD JUST BEFORE SCHOOL ENTRANCE AND SUCCEEDED TO FIND OUT SOME IMPORTANT CRITERIO WHICH MAY SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF LD IN PRESCHOOL PERIOD. (4) WE PUBLISHED AN RESEARCH REPORT, COMPUTER PROGRAM STACKS AND OTHER MATERIALS WHICH MAY SERVE FOR THE PRACTICE OF TRAINING LD CHILDREN.