Supporting students with language learning difficulties in secondary schools through collaboration: The use of concept maps to investigate the impact on teachers knowledge of vocabulary teaching

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-179

  Wilson, Gemma ^a   Nash, Marysia ^b   Earl, Gill ^b  

^a NHS FIFE   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescent; collaboration; concept mapping; education; inclusion; speech and language therapy; vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955045918     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265659010368749     Document Type: Article

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