The role of vocabulary, working memory and inference making ability in reading comprehension in Down syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1782-1791

  Nash, Hannah ^a   Heath, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Inference making; Language ability; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; MALE; READING COMPREHENSION; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COMPREHENSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; READING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958278122     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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