Reading in able and disabled readers from around the world: Same or different? An illustration from a study of reading-related processes in a Swahili sample of siblings

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-123

  Grigorenko, Elena L ^a,b   Ngorosho, Damaris ^c   Jukes, Matthew ^d   Bundy, Donald ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Agency for the Development of Educational Management

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 33645162001     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2006.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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