Effects of an Automated Vocabulary and Comprehension Intervention: An Early Efficacy Study

Journal of Early Intervention

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 195-221

  Spencer, Elizabeth J ^a   Goldstein, Howard ^a   Sherman, Amber ^a   Noe, Sean ^a   Tabbah, Rhonda ^a   Ziolkowski, Robyn ^a   Schneider, Naomi ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comprehension; embedded intervention; language development; preschoolers; single case methods; vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875493858     PISSN: 10538151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1053815112471990     Document Type: Article

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