Reading, language and memory skills: A comparative longitudinal study of children with Down syndrome and their mainstream peers

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 513-529

  Byrne, Angela ^a   MacDonald, John ^b   Buckley, Sue ^a,b  

^a Down Syndrome Education International   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; READING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0036886844     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/00070990260377497     Document Type: Article

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