Fluency transfer: Differential gains in reading speed and accuracy following isolated word and context training

Reading and Writing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-376

  Martin Chang, Sandra Lyn ^a,b   Levy, Betty Ann ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contextual facilitation; Reading fluency; Rereading

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144434448     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-005-0668-x     Document Type: Review

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