Exploring dynamic assessment as a means of identifying children at risk of developing comprehension difficulties

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 348-357

  Elleman, Amy M ^a   Compton, Donald L ^a   Fuchs, Douglas ^a   Fuchs, Lynn S ^a   Bouton, Bobette ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; comprehension; inference; reading; reading disabilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; RISK FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 80053276391     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219411407865     Document Type: Article

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