Can self-report data on deficits in reading and spelling predict spelling disability as defined by psychometric tests?

Reading and Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-63

  Schulte Körne, Gerd ^a   Deimel, Wolfgang ^a   Remschmidt, Helmut ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Reading ability; Self assessment; Spelling disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007694787     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007941403441     Document Type: Article

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