The complex nature of reading fluency: A multidimensional view

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-32

  Hudson, Roxanne F ^a   Pullen, Paige C ^b   Lane, Holly B ^c   Torgesen, Joseph K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58149339920     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10573560802491208     Document Type: Article

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