Date of Award
1995
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Communication Sciences and Disorders
First Advisor
Paul R. Hoffman
Abstract
This study investigated the efficacy of scaffolding strategies within holistic language intervention with six language and phonologically delayed preschool children. The scaffolding condition was compared to two experimental controls using either wh-questions or print awareness techniques. It was hypothesizsd that the use of scaffolding strategies would result in greater semantic displacement, syntactic complexity, and phonological complexity than the use of either the wh-questions or print awareness controls. Efficacy of the conditions was measured by (a) semantic levels, (b) mean length of utterance, and (c) percent of words produced correctly. An alternating treatment was employed in the single-subject study. The subjects included six preschool children ranging in age from 2;10 to 4;10. Many of the measures yielded significant differences between the scaffolding condition and the two control conditions. Differences all favored the scaffolding condition. Results suggested that during the scaffolding condition semantic levels increased, syntactic complexity increased, and phonological complexity increased. Five out of the six subjects increased semantic levels, three out of five subjects increased syntactic complexity, and four out of five subjects increased phonological complexity. Results are discussed relative to current intervention strategies, theoretical constructs, implications for intervention, and future research.
Recommended Citation
Bradshaw, Monica Lynne, "The Efficacy of Scaffolding Strategies in Holistic Language Intervention on Language and Phonologically Delayed Children." (1995). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 5944.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/5944
Pages
175
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_disstheses.5944