The reading and spelling performance of visually impaired Dutch elementary schoolchildren

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-31

  Van Bon, Wim ^a   Adriaansen, Lia ^b   Gompel, Marjolein ^a   Kouwenberg, Ingrid ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Special School for Visually Impaired Children   (Netherlands)

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EID: 62449322207     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/1388-235X(200004)211-YFT017     Document Type: Article

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