Specific language impairment and school outcomes. I: Identifying and explaining variability at the end of compulsory education

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-35

  Conti Ramsden, Gina ^a   Durkin, Kevin ^b   Simkin, Zoë ^a   Knox, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attainments; Educational outcomes; Secondary school results; Specific language impairment (SLI)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 60749123334     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820801921601     Document Type: Article

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