The detection and monitoring of comprehension errors by preschool children with and without language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1227-1243

  Skarakis Doyle, Elizabeth ^a   Dempsey, Lynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comprehension monitoring; Executive function; Language impairment; Preschooler

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STORYTELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 52949148887     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0136)     Document Type: Article

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