Profiles of children with specific reading comprehension difficulties

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 683-696

  Cain, Kate ^a,c   Oakhill, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; READING; SEMANTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33845526094     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709905X67610     Document Type: Article

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