Diagnosing written language disabilities using the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Educational Achievement-Revised and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test

Psychological Reports

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 197-204

  Brown, Michael B ^a   Giandenoto, Marc J ^b   Bolen, Larry M ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WRITING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES; WRITING;

EID: 0034242131     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.1.197     Document Type: Article

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