"Putting things in context": Literal and discourse approaches to comprehension assessment

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-254

  Paul, Rhea ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension assessment; Comprehension deficits; Comprehension stages; Discourse comprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0039177617     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-13198     Document Type: Article

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