Braille literacy skills: An analysis of the concept of spelling

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 676-686

  Argyropoulos, Vassilios S ^a   Martos, Aineias C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Centre of Education and Rehabilitation for the Blind   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ERROR; GREECE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPELLING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 33845655536     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0610001106     Document Type: Article

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