Transfer from word training to reading in context: Gains in reading fluency and comprehension

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 173-188

  Levy, Betty Ann ^a   Abello, Brent ^b   Lysynchuk, Linda ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0031285850     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1511307     Document Type: Article

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