Training reading fluency: Is it important to practice reading aloud and is generalization possible?

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-79

  Hintikka, Sini ^a   Landerl, Karin ^b,c   Aro, Mikko ^a   Lyytinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer assisted training; Consonant clusters; Dyslexia; Generalization effects; Reading fluency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; READING; TEACHING;

CHILD; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; READING; REMEDIAL TEACHING;

EID: 46349089437     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-008-0012-7     Document Type: Article

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