Web-based training of metacognitive strategies for text comprehension: Focus on poor comprehenders

Reading and Writing

Volumn 18, Issue 7-9, 2005, Pages 755-786

  Johnson Glenberg, Mina C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b The NeuronFarm LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk readers; Comprehension; Computer assisted learning; Metacognitive strategies; Reading remediation; Struggling readers; Web based applications

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344457787     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-005-0956-5     Document Type: Article

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