Patterns of word and nonword processing in skilled and less-skilled readers

Reading and Writing

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 465-487

  Gottardo, Alexandra ^a,c   Chiappe, Penny ^b   Siegel, Linda S ^a   Stanovich, Keith E ^c  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Patterns of word reading; Reading acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750513924     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008034802088     Document Type: Article

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