Students classified as LD and the college foreign language requirement: Replication and comparison studies

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 329-349

  Sparks, Richard L ^a   Javorsky, James ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE ARTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0033446382     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949903200407     Document Type: Review

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