Language performance of low-income African American and European American preschool children on the PPVT-III

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-16

  Qi, Cathy Huaqing ^a   Kaiser, Ann P ^b   Milan, Stephanie ^c   Hancock, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

African American preschoolers; Language assessment; Low SES

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33644680286     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2006/002)     Document Type: Article

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