The relationship of spelling recognition, RAN, and phonological awareness to reading skills in older poor readers and younger reading-matched controls

Reading and Writing

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 845-872

  Katzir, Tami ^a   Kim, Youngsuk ^a   Wolf, Maryanne ^b   Kennedy, Becky ^c   Lovett, Maureen ^d   Morris, Robin ^e  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LASELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Fluency; RAN; Reading comprehension; Spelling recognition; Word reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748690553     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-006-9013-2     Document Type: Article

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