Using electronic storybooks to support word learning in children with severe language impairments

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 435-449

  Smeets, Daisy J H ^a   van Dijken, Marianne J ^a   Bus, Adriana G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electronic storybook reading; Randomized control trial; SLI; Video features; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL AID; BOOK; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BOOKS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; VIDEO RECORDING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84923385707     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219412467069     Document Type: Article

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