Assessment of cognitive abilities in Hispanic children

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-36

  Ortiz, Samuel O ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural bias; Linguistic bias; Nondiscriminatory cognitive assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0039147772     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-13869     Document Type: Article

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