Talking things through: Roles of instructional discourse in children's processing of expository texts

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 308-322

  Culatta, Barbara ^a   Blank, Marion ^b   Black, Sharon ^c  

^a Communications Disorders ^*  (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; commenting; deep comprehension; engagement; expository comprehension; instructional discourse; question asking

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649512347     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TLD.0b013e3181ff5a37     Document Type: Article

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