Does early reading failure decrease children's reading motivation?

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 387-404

  Morgan, Paul L ^a   Fuchs, Douglas ^b   Compton, Donald L ^b   Cordray, David S ^b   Fuchs, Lynn S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early identification; Intervention; Motivation; Reading

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 49749103183     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219408321112     Document Type: Review

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