Cultural knowledge in African American children

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-68

  Bradford, Angela C ^a   Harris, Joyce L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American children; Assessment; Cultural knowledge; Literacy; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037279843     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2003/006)     Document Type: Article

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