Performance on the PPVT-III and the EVT: applicability of the measures with African American and European American preschool children.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether two vocabulary measures were appropriate for the evaluation of African American children and children whose mothers have low education levels, regardless of gender. Method: Data were collected for 210 high-risk, preschool children from a so...
| Published in: | Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 17 - 28 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Jan2006
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