Comparison of students classified as LD who petitioned for or fulfilled the college Foreign Language requirement

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 553-565

  Sparks, Richard L ^a   Philips, Lois ^a   Ganschow, Leonore ^a   Javorsky, James ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; MALE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0033466830     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949903200607     Document Type: Review

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