Reliability and validity of the adult reading history questionnaire

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 286-296

  Lefly, Dianne L ^a,b,d   Pennington, Bruce F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b Denver Public Schools   (United States)

^c Developmental Neuropsychology Center

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0347309101     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221940003300306     Document Type: Article

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