Training of poor readers' phonological decoding skills: evidence for syllable-bound processing

Reading and Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 163-192

  Wentink, Hanneke W M J ^a,b   Van Bon, Wim H J ^a   Schreuder, Robert ^b  

^a Department of Special Education ^*  (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Intervention; Phonological decoding; Reading disability; Speed, syllables

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010220477     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007921805360     Document Type: Article

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