Improving Native American children's listening comprehension through concrete representations

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 537-550

  Marley, Scott C ^a   Levin, Joel R ^a   Glenberg, Arthur M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodiment theory; Indexical hypothesis; Listening comprehension; Native American students; Text processing strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249739673     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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