Matching Readers to Instructional Materials: The Use of Classic Readability Measures for Students with Language Learning Disabilities and Dyslexia

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 190-203

  Kotula, Andrea Winokur ^a  

^a EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Language learning disability; Qualitative measures; Readability; Reading comprehension; Sentence complexity; Vocabulary; Word meanings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041416330     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-200307000-00006     Document Type: Review

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