Early intervention for reading disabilities: Teaching the alphabet principle in a connectionist framework

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 491-503

  Berninger, Virginia W ^a   Abbott, Robert D ^a   Zook, Dori ^b   Ogier, Stacy ^b   Lemos Britton, Zenia ^b   Brooksher, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PHONETICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; REMEDIAL TEACHING;

EID: 0033469932     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949903200604     Document Type: Article

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