Word reading fluency: A transfer appropriate processing account of fluency transfer

Reading and Writing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 517-542

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

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contextual facilitation; Reading fluency; Transfer appropriate processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745747391     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-006-9007-0     Document Type: Review

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