Measuring word learning: Dynamic versus static assessment of kindergarten vocabulary

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 335-356

  Burton, Vera Joanna ^a   Watkins, Ruth V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINDERGARTEN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34547219401     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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