Conversational Maxims and Scaffolded Learning in Children with Learning Disabilities: Is the Flying Buttress a Better Metaphor?

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 398-403

  Donahue, Mavis L ^a   Lopez Reyna, Norma A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LITERATURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; METAPHOR;

EID: 0032109284     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949803100409     Document Type: Article

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