A preliminary investigation of dynamic assessment with Native American kindergartners

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 142-154

  Ukrainetz, Teresa A ^a   Harpell, Stacey ^a   Walsh, Chandra ^a   Coyle, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic assessment; Multicultural; Native American

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034422949     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461.3102.142     Document Type: Article

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