Text comprehension training for disabled readers: An evaluation of reciprocal teaching and text analysis training programs

Brain and Language

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 447-480

  Lovett, Maureen W ^a,c   Borden, Susan L ^a   Warren Chaplin, Patricia M ^b   Lacerenza, Léa ^a   DeLuca, Teresa ^a   Giovinazzo, Rosa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b York Region Board of Education   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030248399     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1996.0085     Document Type: Article

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