A Developmental Vocabulary Assessment for Parents (DVAP): Validating Parental Report of Vocabulary Size in 2- to 7-Year-Old Children

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 442-454

  Libertus, Melissa E ^a   Odic, Darko ^a   Feigenson, Lisa ^a   Halberda, Justin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL VOCABULARY ASSESSMENT FOR PARENTS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MACARTHUR BATES COMMUNICATIVE DEVELOPMENT INVENTORY; MALE; PARENT; PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST FOURTH EDITION; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCABULARY SIZE;

EID: 84938557160     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2013.835312     Document Type: Article

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