Foreign Language Proficiency of At-Risk and Not-At-Risk Learners over 2 Years of Foreign Language Instruction: A Follow-Up Study

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-98

  Sparks, Richard L ^a   Ganschow, Leonore ^b   Artzer, Marjorie ^c   Patton, John ^b  

^a College of Mount St Joseph ^*  (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MULTILINGUALISM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030639774     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949703000108     Document Type: Article

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