Culturally sensitive assessment of narrative skills in children

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-232

  Rollins, Pamela Rosenthal ^a   McCabe, Allyssa ^b   Bliss, Lynn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessing narrative skills; Children's literacy; Discourse analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0038957300     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-13196     Document Type: Article

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